Richard Hofstadter (1916 – 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual. Hofstadter, the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University, became the “iconic historian of postwar liberal consensus”, largely because of his emphasis on ideas and political culture rather than the day-to-day doings of politicians. Among his most important works is The American Political Tradition (1948). Below is Chapter One of this critically acclaimed work.
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Kropotkin Essay
“Ask yourself what you need to know to make this the kind of world you would like to live in. Demand that your teachers teach you that.”
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Labour Landslide 1997
Political Parties, Elections, and Pressure Groups
Intro to Britain
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Lecture: Three Levels of Political Culture
Agents of Political Socialization Grid
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Discussion Questions Concerning Political Socialization
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Discussion Questions Concerning Interest Aggregation & Political Parties