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Peter E. Gordon

Bylines

Never Again, Once Again

Invoking the memory of Jewish persecution to denounce the assault on immigrants today is not an offense but a moral imperative.

by Peter E. Gordon via New York Review of Books on February 7, 2026
How Has the Idea of Revolution Changed?

A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept.

by Peter E. Gordon via The Nation on January 13, 2026
Why Historical Analogy Matters

If the idea of historical incommensurability is right, then analogical reasoning in history becomes an impossibility.

by Peter E. Gordon via New York Review of Books on January 7, 2020

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Beyond the End of History

Historians' prohibition on 'presentism' crumbles under the weight of events.

by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Chronicle of Higher Education on August 14, 2020

Donald Trump.

Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Whether Trump Is a Fascist

In a new book, “Did it Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.

by Andrew Marantz via The New Yorker on March 27, 2024

1886 British Empire Map

Fascism and Analogies — British and American, Past and Present

The past has habitually been repurposed in a manner inhibiting ethical accountability in the present.

by Priya Satia via Los Angeles Review of Books on March 16, 2021

The Trouble with Comparisons

Comparison to Nazism and fascism distracts us from how we made Trump over decades.

by Samuel Moyn via New York Review of Books on May 19, 2020

Watson Heston cartoon of two people at a crossroads--one direction is the "Free Thought Road" which leads to truth, and the other direction is "Orthodox Road" and the "Vale of Tears."

Atheists in the Pantheon

Leigh Eric Schmidt profiles the nineteenth century's notable "village atheists."

by Joseph Blankholm via Public Books on August 14, 2017

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