Books by Laura Field
Laura K. Field a writer and political theorist based in Washington, D.C. and one of the foremost experts on populist intellectualism and the American right. She is an associate with the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington University and a nonresident fellow in the Governance Studies program at Brookings. She holds a Ph.D. in political theory and public law from the University of Texas at Austin and has held faculty positions at Rhodes College, Georgetown University, and American University. Field has written about the New Right for The New Republic, Politico, The Bulwark, and other publications, and holds a PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Washington, DC.
Interviews with Laura Field
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The Concept of the Political
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One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal
by Nicholas Buccola -
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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
by Kristin Kobes du Mez -
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Liberalism as a Way of Life
by Alexandre Lefebvre -
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The Limits of Critique
by Rita Felski
The best books on MAGA, recommended by Laura Field
The best books on MAGA, recommended by Laura Field
While often associated with populism and economic dissatisfaction, the success of the MAGA movement in the United States is also rooted in a distinctive set of ideas about culture, identity, authority, and national renewal. Political theorist Laura Field recommends five books that explore the movement’s intellectual challenge to liberal democracy, from the work of Carl Schmitt in 1930s Germany to cultural shifts in evangelical Christianity today.
