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Rick Perlstein

What Do Historians of Conservatism Owe to Conservatives?

Yesterday, Geoffrey Kabaservice issued a challenge to those citizens—and particularly those historians—who genuinely want to understand the history of conservatism. Stop listening to liberals professing to have plumbed the heart of the movement, he says, and ask actual conservatives to give you their take. The liberal scholars whom Kabaservice denounces include some members of our Society, so I thought it appropriate to take a break from my series on the history of capitalism and bring his column to your attention. Kabaservice singles out for opprobrium Corey Robin, Heather Cox Richardson, Rick Perlstein, Nancy MacLean, and Seth Cotlar. The only historian Read more