Book · 2020 · Political Science
History Has Begun
The Birth of a New America
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Last time we had you on your book history has begun and just come out so that episode was more focused on the philosophical and historical.
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And the best explanation for this i've heard is from bruno messiah in his book history has begun he just you know talks about trump and actually the entire american kind of cultural experience as this desire to live these kind of media fantasies as an end of themselves.
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History Has Begun by Bruno Maçães is a work exploring contemporary geopolitics, political philosophy, and the changing nature of modern societies through the lens of recent American and global political experiences. The book was discussed across multiple episodes of The Realignment podcast by different commentators examining modern political culture. On an episode from July 2021, Marshall Kosloff brought up the book while speaking with the author, noting that their previous interview centered largely on the philosophical and historical dimensions of the work. Earlier, in November 2020, Julius Krein referenced History Has Begun during a discussion on the future of the political alignment. Krein cited Maçães's analysis as the most compelling explanation for the appeal of Donald Trump and the broader American cultural experience. According to Krein, the author described this cultural phenomenon as a distinct human desire to inhabit media fantasies as an end in themselves. Through these discussions, the podcast hosts and guests utilized Maçães's conceptual framework to analyze modern political behavior, media consumption, and the shifting landscape of American politics, illustrating how contemporary political figures and movements operate within an increasingly mediated reality where traditional boundaries between entertainment, fantasy, and governance continue to dissolve over time.
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Julius Krein and the best explanation for this i've heard is from bruno messiah in his book history has begun he just yo… 1
“and the best explanation for this i've heard is from bruno messiah in his book history has begun he just you know talks about trump and actually the entire american kind of cultural experience as this desire to live these kind of media fantasies as an end of themselves”
Marshall Kosloff last time we had you on your book history has begun and just come out so that episode was more focused on t… 1
“last time we had you on your book history has begun and just come out so that episode was more focused on the philosophical and historical”
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“Bruno Maçães, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of The Dawn of Eurasia, Belt and Road, History Has Begun”
“it goes to the topic of my previous book a little bit the us is captured by these myths by by by these stories”