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Tyler Stovall

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What Is the Relationship Between Democracy and Authoritarianism?

The Age of Revolution inaugurated a new era in modern history defined not only by new democratic institutions but also by despots and charismatic leaders.

by Tyler Stovall via The Nation
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on December 14, 2021
The History of Freedom Is a History of Whiteness

A conversation about whether or not the legacy of liberty can break away from racial exclusion and domination.

by Tyler Stovall, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation
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on March 17, 2021

White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea

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‘The Proposed Emigrant Dumping Site’; cartoon by Victor Gillam from Judge magazine, March 22, 1890

Whose Freedom?

On the ways that people have conflated freedom with whiteness but pays too little attention to the force of freedom as a concept.

by David A. Bell via New York Review of Books on September 2, 2021

Lady Liberty bust in a park.

The Entwined History of Freedom and Racism

Liberty for some has always entailed a lack of liberty for many others.

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò via The Nation on May 3, 2021

Hans Frank being questioned at the Nuremberg trials, flanked by guards.

What is Left of History?

Joan Scott’s "On the Judgment of History" asks us to imagine the past without the idea of progress. But what gets left out in the process?

by David A. Bell via The Nation on May 2, 2022

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