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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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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I think he did a good job explaining Calhouns political philosophy in Am Pol Trad, and he did acknowledge conflict more than a dyed in the wool consensus historian would. And don't forget that he attacked FDR from the left.
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American Political Tradition is his best work.
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I’d argue it’s central to your disdain for Hofstadter. It offends your ideologies.
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That’s really a distortion but it’s good at explaining why you don’t like Hofstadter. It’s less about what is accurate and more about you don’t like his conclusions.
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That the center doesn't always hold doesn't mean that error & discontent aren't marginal. Hofstadter was talking norms. People do get swept up in mobs. Sometimes lynch mobs.
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As a general rule, I treat skeptically any claim that any group is inherently less susceptible to human flaws. This is especially true when the claimed is part of the group granted immunity.
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He was describing the consensus, not celebrating it. He thought the consensus was tragic. Toward the end of his life he began to see that consensus was not the only strand in US history as reflected in Great Issues and his prospective history of the US.
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