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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      4. Hofstadter's influence is easily explained: he was a very fine prose stylist (especially for an academic historian) & his centrist politics appeals to elite journalists & politicians.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      5. As a Cold War liberal who flourished in the 1940-1960s, Hofstadter was the leading "consensus historian," emphasizing the durability & pervasiveness of small-l liberal though (defined broadly to include centrist Republicans)

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      6. The problem with Hofstadter's consensus view is that he could only see any deviation away from mainstream 1950s American politics as pathological.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      7. Aside from his ideology, other thing about Hofstadter was he didn't do much archival research (due to allergies & general poor health). So he relied heavily on secondary literature, which he eloquently synthesized.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      8. Repeatedly, those subsequent historians who did do archival research found that Hofstadter's work was filled with glib & often flat out wrong generalizations.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      9. A few examples. Hofstadter: social darwinism was philosophy of plutocrats. Robert Bannister: there really no coherent philosophy & many political traditions selectively used Darwin.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      10. Hofstadter: Populists were bigoted, rural loons out of touch with modernity. Nugent/Goodwyn & many others: populists no more bigoted than elites they opposed & they had detailed, intelligent response to real problems.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      11.Hofstadter: McCarthyism grew out of populist tradition. Michael Rogin & others; Cold War liberalism prepared groundwork for McCarthyism & McCarthy himself supported by mid-western business elite.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      12. Hofstadter: paranoid flourish on radical fringes of society. American history as a whole: um: how do you explain J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon or (post-Hofstadter) Donald Trump.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      13. Let's ponder more the paranoid style theory point: what have been the most destructive conspiracy theories in recent USA history?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      14. J. Edgar Hoover's paranoid war against radicalism & civil rights had elite support from Palmer Raids till Nixon.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

          15. Conspiracy theory that North Vietnam was pawn of Red China (and not motivated by nationalism) was held by elites in JFK & LBJ administration & led to war.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

          16. Conspiracy theories that led to Iraq War (Axis of Evil, Saddam-AQ connection, WMDs) all fostered by elites.

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

          17. If you want to see conspiracy theories go read editorial page of Bret Stephens old newspaper Wall Street Journal on climate change or Vince Foster.

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        5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

          18. Ultimately, the appeal of Hofstadter is that he provides the comforting idea of a sensible center, relegating discontent & error to the margins. That's a false view of history.

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        6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

          19. One last point: it's interesting how much of centrist punditry still relies not just on Hofstadter but other Cold War liberals (Niebuhr, Trilling). They remain foundational for a elite consensus worldview.

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        1. Armando‏ @ArmandoNDK 27 Jan 2018
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          This is always your worst point- that paranoid style extends past “populism” doesn’t mean it is also a central feature of populism. Hofstadter didn’t argue paranoid style is exclusively the domain of populism. He argued it was found in populism. I never get how you miss that.

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        1. Christopher H Holte‏ @CHHolte 27 Jan 2018
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          The elite support for the paranoid fringe is due to two factors. One is the fear that the more ruthless business types will be attacked by working people for their swindles & cons. Paranoia deflects the crowds to make them easier to pickpocket.

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