The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

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The Agonist with Shadi Hamid
The Agonist with Shadi Hamid
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A guest essay from David Polansky on why everyone defends what they know best.

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Mar 21, 2025
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I’m thrilled to be publishing this essay by David Polansky on the hidden conservative in us all. If liberals prefer the status quo, are they the real conservatives? Polansky is a political theorist who writes at Strange Frequencies, which you should check out and subscribe to. This is one of the best pieces of writing I…

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I'm a part-time political theorist and writer with interests in nationalism, state-formation, political conflict, and religion, but also music, literature, film, etc.
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