What people now refer to as the liberal consensus, the 1940s and 1950s, and trying to work through what actually is happening in terms of the kind of main thoroughfare of american politics, the possibilities for Political Action and the way that people are thinking about politics in america in the 40s and 50s. You also had three readings, all of which in different ways deal with the kind of idea of political ideology and all of which share a set of assumptions about the way that ideas matter to politics. So, well sort of be thinking today about how they kind of frame those ideas, and this is a kind of transition class where we move from kind of discussing the geopolitics of the cold war and the red scare into discussioning sort of what else is happening in america in the 1940s and 1950s. So, shall we start with daniel bell . Everybodys favorite reading from today . I assume there were very few questions about this one . Yeah. So, is he essentially saying th that, like the political ide
Beginning to look at what people now referred to as the liberal consensus of the 1930s and 1940s. See what is happening in terms of what is happening is terms of the main through four of american politics. What is possible in terms of action and the way people are thinking about politics in the forties and fifties. You also had three readings, all of which in different ways, deal with the idea of political ideology and all which share a set of political assumptions about the way ideas matter to politics. We will sort of be thinking today about how they kind of frame those ideas. This is a transition class where we move from discussing the geopolitics of the cold war and the red scare into discussing sort of what else is happening in america in the 19 forties and 19 fifties. Shall we start with daniel bell . Everyones favorite reading from today. I assume there are very few questions about this one. Yes . Is he essentially saying that the political ideology are not worth it anymore. And