Nostalgia Trap - Episode 85: Daniel Bessner

Published: Jan. 30, 2018, 7:15 p.m.

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Daniel Bessner is a professor and writer whose work explores 20th century American cultural and intellectual history. In this conversation, we talk about his book\\xa0Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual, his current research into the archives of the RAND Corporation, and his ideas about how intellectuals and academics might fit into a wider left project.\\xa0

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