Episode #5: Argument by Epithet with Mark Bauerlein

National Association of Scholars

In this fifth installment of Curriculum Vitae, Peter W. Wood sits down with Mark Bauerlein to discuss the progressive left’s new tactic, which Mark calls “argument by epithet.” This new form of political discourse is also the subject of Mark’s recent article in Academic Questions. Mark is a senior editor at First Things magazine and a professor of English at Emory University.

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