Show Notes
On postmodern conservatives. Matt McManus talks to Alex and George about a Right increasingly shaped by the parameters of postmodern culture – and his Damage article on this.
Who are the key thinkers of postmodern conservatism?
Does truth matter anymore?
Is "flooding the zone" an act of post-truth politics?
Does all that is solid melt into advertising – and is it Charlie Kirk's fault?
Is postmodern conservatism an adequate response the dissolution of the traditional “sources of the self”?
For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links:
Conservativism as Postmodernism, Matt McManus, Damage
Why only Socialism can redeem Conservatism, Maurice Glassman, Together For The Common Good
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