A History of The Ideas That Made America
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.\nGuest: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen is the Merle Curti Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison 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.\xa0\nThe post A History of The Ideas That Made America appeared first on KPFA.