Episode 32: The Lasch Files: The Cultural Cold War and the Birth of Psychopolitics
- Author
- Emmet Penney
- Published
- Wed 31 Mar 2021
- Episode Link
- https://exhaust.fireside.fm/32
In a brief addition to the Lasch Files, we discuss his essay, "The Cultural Cold War: A Short History of the Congress for Cultural Freedom." We go through the Alger Hiss case, the ACCF, the Korean War as it played out uring McCarthyism, why everything's a psyop, and how Lasch saw psychopolitics coming.
Closing Song: "checkin out" by blasted diplomats.
