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Apr 2022
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THINGS HIDDEN 50: How Socialism Infected...

David Gornoski
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In this edition of THINGS HIDDEN, David Gornoski is joined by Andrei Znamenski, professor of history with an interest in anthropology. The two discuss the origin of socialism in Enlightenment-era Europe; how the religion of science came about; how socialism came to America with the help of Robert Owen; how the socialists interacted with Jeffersonians and Jacksonites; and more. Did the early socialists fail in America? Listen to the full interview to find out and more.

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