"The Paranoid Style in American Politics" is a lousy essay on a great topic. I'm not saying he deliberately sabotaged it, for whatever reason. But who has actually written the essay Hofstadter was maybe paid off NOT to write?
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@notjessewalker book on conspiracy theories is a useful corrective to Hofstadter (and cites some of the academic critics of Paranoid Style). In general, I think Hofstadter has spread more false ideas into general circulation than any other scholar of his rank.2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes -
More than Dunning?
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Well, I don't think Dunning is ranked high as a scholar anymore. Hofstadter still is
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