![]() ![]() There is likely some interdisciplinary miscommunication here. Some of my colleagues and I at the Society for US Intellectual History Blog are planning a roundtable to discuss Democracy in Chains as a work of intellectual history, in large part because we feel that the critiques of MacLean’s work have not adequately engaged with its core arguments and because these critiques often seem unfamiliar with the “best practices” of intellectual history. Most but not all of this negative response has been from scholars who identify as libertarians. Some of this notice has been very positive, but much more has been sharply critical, attacking MacLean’s scholarly credibility. ![]() You may be aware that the new book by Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America (Viking, 2017) has received a lot of notice over the past week or two. ![]()
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