QAA Podcast: A.J.A. Woods on The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy and the Frankfurt School
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This is a podcast episode (E378) of the QAA Podcast featuring intellectual historian A.J.A. Woods discussing their new book "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West." The episode traces how the far-right has weaponized the Frankfurt School and the concept of "Cultural Marxism" as a conspiracy theory to explain perceived Western decline.
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· 3 pulledTravis and Annie are joined by intellectual historian A.J.A. Woods to discuss their new book The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy
Woods traces how a grou…
The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West
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