Jackson Lears's guest appearances

Jackson Lears

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Events & Discussions

Keen On

Political Philosophy-Dr. Laurie M Johnson

Talk World Radio

Allison Smith

David Salle

McKenzie Wark

Edmund Burke

Gertrude Stein

Megan Craig

Karen Lang

David Cohen

Charles Taylor

Matt Christman

Stanley Hauerwas

David Ross

Wendy Brown

John Mearsheimer

John Warner

OwlTail

Donald Trump

Walt Whitman

William James

Teddy Roosevelt

Episode 1549: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Jackson Lears, author of ANIMAL SPIRITS, the American Pursuit of vitality from Walt Whitman and William James to Teddy Roosevelt , FDR and Donald TrumpJackson Lears is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University and the editor of Raritan. His books include Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877–1920; Something for Nothing: Luck in America; and Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America. His latest book is Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meeting to Wall Street (2023)Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation &amp; Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 1549: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Jackson Lears, author of ANIMAL SPIRITS, the American Pursuit of vitality from Walt Whitman and William James to Teddy Roosevelt , FDR and Donald Trump Jackson Lears is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University and the editor of Raritan. His books include Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877–1920; Something for Nothing: Luck in America; and Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America. His latest book is Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meeting to Wall Street (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation &amp; Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Animal Spirits: Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of vitality from Walt Whitman and William James to Teddy Roosevelt and Donald Trump

Thomas Edsall

Are We at the Point of No Return With American Democracy at the Crossroads? | A Cultural Historian on "Animal Spirits" and How the Universe is Alivebackgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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June 15, 2023 - Thomas Edsall | Jackson Lears

Contributor Spencer Hess showcases extensive excerpts from T.J. Jackson Lears’ No Place of Grace, futher characterizing Therapeutic “culture.” For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 To sign up for Dr. Johnson’s Summer 2022 Seminar on Christian Anarchism, start at https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/ Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for reminders and invitations to this and future summer seminars, as well as other events: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

Contributor Spencer Hess showcases extensive excerpts from T.J. Jackson Lears’ No Place of Grace, futher characterizing Therapeutic “culture.” For more from us: <a href="https://pmaurin.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pmaurin.org</a> <a href="https://lauriemjohnson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lauriemjohnson.com/</a> <a href="https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/</a> iTunes podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784</a> To sign up for Dr. Johnson’s Summer 2022 Seminar on Christian Anarchism, start at <a href="https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/</a> Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for reminders and invitations to this and future summer seminars, as well as other events: <a href="https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA</a>

T.J. Jackson Lears on “Evasive Banality”

Jackson Lears, cultural and intellectual historian and distinguished professor of history at Rutgers University, discusses the evolution of "the American sublime." Originally arising from a Romantic, Protestant faith in the divinity of wild nature, the notion was transformed and fragmented in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Americans came to attach notions of sublimity to technology and celebrity but remained attracted to a more complex vision of nature, one that oscillated between ecological perceptions of dense biodiversity and minimalist conceptions of emptiness and openness—what Wallace Stevens called "the empty spirit / in vacant space." By the early 21st century, postmodern theorists advanced the idea that nature was culturally constructed. Lears asks: Has any coherent idea of sublimity survived?