William Whewell
English philosopher and historian of science (1794-1866)
Thomas Carr Frankis an American political analyst, historian, and journalist. He co-founded and edited The Baffler magazine.
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About the Thomas Frank
Thomas Carr Frankis an American political analyst, historian, and journalist. He co-founded and edited The Baffler magazine. Frank is the author of the books What’s the Matter with Kansas?and Listen, Liberal (2016), among others. From 2008 to 2010 he wrote “The Tilting Yard”, a column in The Wall Street Journal.
A historian of culture and ideas, Frank analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism, and economics. His topics include the rhetoric and impact of culture wars in American political life and the relationship between politics, economics, and culture in the United States.
6 Quotes by Thomas Frank
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These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I’ve been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer
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What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn’t deny it and doesn’t try to mitigate it, but tries to sell its products as a way of liberating oneself.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer
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In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task – of taking them to account for what they’ve done – and this is especially true in the cultural realm.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer
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I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer
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In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It’s not as if people don’t know what is going on.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer
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I think there’s great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.
Thomas FrankAmerican political analyst, historian and writer