The study of the history of conspire. C theory is undergoing something of a boom at the moment. Just as the study of witchcraft did a few decades ago. As other scholars have noted historians of medieval early modern europe used to view witchcraft and witch hunting as marginal aspects of the societies as they studied. Then they began to realize. That witch hunts revealed great insights into the cultures of the time. So similarly, a growing number of. Historians are realizing that an understanding of the history of Conspiracy Theory is central to understanding the current american political moment. Now, thats not to say that. The study of the history of american theory is new. In the 1960s, richard hofstadter, his landmark essay on the paranoid style in american politics, which was term for Conspiracy Theory. And historians like david bryant davis, gordon wood and Bernard Bailyn soon followed by showing the significance of conspiracies thinking in the American Revolution in early republi
Did a few decades ago. As other scholars have noted historians of medieval early modern europe used to view witchcraft and witch hunting as marginal aspects of the societies as they studied. Then they began to realize. That witch hunts revealed great insights into the cultures of the time. So similarly, a growing number of. Historians are realizing that an understanding of the history of Conspiracy Theory is central to understanding the current american political moment. Now, thats not to say that. The study of the history of american theory is new. In the 1960s, richard hofstadter, his landmark essay on the paranoid style in american politics, which was term for Conspiracy Theory. And historians like david bryant davis, gordon wood and Bernard Bailyn soon followed by showing the significance of conspiracies thinking in the American Revolution in early republic. Then, in the 1980s, Michael Rogan brilliantly in ronald reagan, the movie that what he called a counter tradition was, as he
we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
Police are investigagating a homicide this morning. That took place at a tampa gas station. Officers say they found a mans body at the sunoco gas station. Around 7 last night on north nebraska avenue. They rushed him to a local hospital. Where he later died. The cause of death still isnt know. And a suspect hasnt been identified. In polk county. A family fight with deadly consequences. Deputies. Were called to break things up. And thats when things took an even more frightening turn. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live in lakeland with a at how this all unfolded. Thanks, shayla. Overnight in tampa. More antitrump protests. One downtown and the other in the streets of ybor city. Hundreds of people held signs, yelled and made it clear that donald trump. Does not represent them. And it wasnt just here at home. There was unrest across the nation. Police in new york manned barricades outside trump tower to keep demonstrators at bay. As protests in portland, oregon turned violent. Trump himself ta
University of tennesseeknoxville professor Daniel Feller talked about president Andrew Jackson and the politics of the mid19th century. They also talk about how jacksons presidency was interpreted by historians. This is about an hour and 50 minutes. Professor feller there is this phrase, jacksonian democracy that shows up. It is pervasive in a historical literature. What is jacksonian democracy . Is it a Political Movement . Is it merely jacksons Democratic Party . If so, what does that party stand with . Does it lay legitimate claim to the name of democratic . Or is that just party labeled . If the jacksonians are the democracy, does that mean democracy is contested and their opponents are not democratic . Or is democracy the spirit of an age in which case, jacksonian democracy does not mean jacksons Political Movement. It is democratized from an earlier period. If the latter, if jacksonian democracy is a really merely a word to describe the times, why did we name it after jackson . W