Episode 89: The Agony of the New Left ft. Leighton Woodhouse

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Emmet Penney

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Episode 89: The Agony of the New Left ft. Leighton Woodhouse

ex.haust

1 hour 21 minutes 54 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 89: The Agony of the New Left ft. Leighton Woodhouse

Journalist Leighton Woodhouse joins Emmet to talk about the New Left of the 1960s and the values of the managerial class. They talk about progressive libertarianism, the difference between the old managerial order of the immediate postwar era and the post-70s era, cultural path dependency, the Port Huron statement, and more.

"The Cult of the Individual: The Origins of the Nihilistic Left," by Leighton Woodhouse.

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