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A 2019 book by Ben Shapiro that argues Western civilization is in crisis and needs to return to Judeo-Christian values and Greek reason. The book was inspired by his speech at CSULA and his experience of anti-Semitic tweets.
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Ben Shapiro is an American lawyer, columnist, and conservative political commentator. He was born on January 15, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, and has written sixteen non-fiction books.
Neoconservatism is a political movement that advocates unilateral promotion of democracy and interventionism in international affairs, and opposition to communism and political radicalism. It originated in the 1960s among foreign policy hawks who became disenchanted with the Democratic Party and the New Left, and influenced the Republican administrations of the 1970s to 2000s.
Alexander H. Stephens delivered the Cornerstone Speech in 1861, defending slavery as the foundation of the Confederacy and criticizing the U.S. Constitution and Founding Fathers. He claimed that the Confederacy was based on the "great truth" of white supremacy and black subordination, and that the U.S. was founded on the "sandy foundation" of racial equality.
The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and philosophical fervor in the 18th to 19th century, influenced by the Age of Enlightenment in Europe and distinctive American philosophy. It led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States, with ideals of consent of the governed, equality, liberty, republicanism and religious tolerance.
Whig history is an approach to historiography that presents history as a journey from an oppressive and benighted past to a "glorious present". Learn about the origin, terminology, criticism and examples of whig history, and how it differs from whiggish history.
Manifest destiny was a 19th-century belief that the US was destined to expand across North America and spread its republican form of government. The term was coined by journalist John O'Sullivan in 1845 to justify the annexation of Texas, but it also sparked controversy over slavery and Indigenous rights.