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Ian Beacock
@IanPBeacock
Ian Beacock is a frequent contributor to
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April 11, 2023
Magazine
Ian Beacock
Did Pirates Pioneer Democracy?
David Graeber’s final book uncovers the politics of the high seas.
August 25, 2022
Ian Beacock
The Search for Scientific Proof for Premonitions
In the 1960s, a British researcher launched one of the largest ever studies of people who believed they could see the future.
July 13, 2022
Ian Beacock
Yascha Mounk’s Misguided War on Wokeness
“The Great Experiment” flatters liberal readers that by expressing their distaste for cancel culture, they have become diverse democracy’s most gallant defenders.
February 22, 2022
Ian Beacock
Is Political Language Too Contested?
Harold James laments that we’ve lost the true meanings of words like “democracy” and “capitalism.”
December 6, 2021
Magazine
Ian Beacock
The Men Who Were Mistaken for Gods
Hernan Cortes, Captain Cook, and Prince Philip were each worshiped as deities—with very different consequences.
October 26, 2021
Ian Beacock
The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted
A new book argues that Whitman’s celebration of fellow feeling could unite America today.
June 7, 2021
Ian Beacock
Who Will Read Niall Ferguson’s
Doom
?
With big popular histories, Ferguson once aimed to influence a broad public. His pandemic book may resonate with a narrower audience.
December 24, 2020
Ian Beacock
,
Heidi Tworek
Simply Talking About the Pandemic the Right Way Can Help Rebuild American Democracy
Joe Biden has a generational opportunity to restore solidarity in the citizenry—through words alone.
December 18, 2020
Ian Beacock
How to Win Hearts and Minds in Climate Politics
Sonia Furstenau, the head of British Columbia’s Green Party, has a vision for climate policy that reclaims nostalgia as a leftist emotion.
August 17, 2020
Ian Beacock
Can Democracy Handle Charisma?
From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.
April 1, 2020
Ian Beacock
Germany Gets It
While leaders in the U.S., U.K., and France spout nationalist rhetoric, Angela Merkel has emphasized core democratic values in response to the coronavirus.
May 23, 2017
Ian Beacock
How the Nazis Made Art Fascist
A new book looks at how the Axis powers shaped the art world to their own ends.
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