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A History of The Ideas That Made America

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English - June 13, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 232 ratings
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We are in conversation on the intellectual history of ideas in America and how they have been pass down and reuse. We explore the intellectual transformation America, from the Enlightenment, transcendentalism, and Social Darwinism to progressivism, conservatism, and postmodernism.
Guest: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen is the Merle Curti Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she teaches US intellectual and cultural history. She is the author of American Nietzsche, and most recently, The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. 
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