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SUMMARY:Counterrevolutionary Subordination in Trump's America - Jack Jacob
 s (Oriel College)
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DESCRIPTION:Talk: “Counterrevolutionary Subordination in Trump’s Ameri
 ca”\n\nThe speaker will reflect on how the Trump Administration’s curr
 ent crackdowns on voices of dissent in the United States reflect an approa
 ch to politics that is “counterrevolutionary” in nature. To do so\, he
  will draw on the political thought and writings of former United Nations 
 Diplomat and Irish Statesman\, Conor Cruise O’Brien (1917-2008)\, a crit
 ic of similar forms of censorship in his time. He will suggest that Trump
 ’s attacks on higher education and protestors might have more in common 
 with Maoism – and other forms of subversive revolutionary practice – t
 han they do with any coherent tradition of conservative political thought.
  (Certainly\, any kind that can seriously be traced back to Edmund Burke\,
  the fiercest critique of the French Revolution\, from whom the conservati
 ve tradition apparently evolves.) Trump’s actions are\, in fact\, anti-c
 onservative in a way that illuminates the current state of de-definition u
 nder which the Trump Administration labours to the contradiction of Americ
 an liberalism\; construed\, as it can be\, as being about restraints on ar
 bitrary power.\n\n\n\nSpeaker biography:\n\nJack Jacobs is pursuing DPhil 
 in Intellectual History\, generously supported by a Ramsay Postgraduate Wo
 rld Scholarship from Australia. His research examines why and how Western 
 intellectuals engaged with the possibilities (and limitations) of Gandhian
  non-violence before the rise of totalitarianism as the world-problem of t
 he 1930s.\n\n\n\nBeyond academic life\, Jack hosts “In Conversation with
  Jack Jacobs\,” exploring the intersection of intellectual history and c
 ontemporary politics. Previous guests include: David Bromwich\, John Dunn\
 , Linda Colley\, Sylvana Tomaselli\, Michael Ignatieff\, Iain McGilchrist\
 , Richard Bourke\, and Uday Mehta.\n\n\n\nJack is a writer and contributes
  to literary and political magazines worldwide. He regularly shares his on
 going work—including his podcast interviews and essays—on his Substack
 .\n\n\n\nThe talk will be in the Mawby room\, Kellogg College in person. I
 f you are unable to attend\, please email events@kellogg.ox.ac.uk\n\n\n\nI
 f you have any questions please email the MCR Diversity and Inclusion Offi
 cer sharvi.maheshwari@theology.ox.ac.uk\nSpeakers:\nJack Jacobs (Oriel Col
 lege)
LOCATION:Kellogg College\, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
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