Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right

Schedule

Tue Nov 17 2026 at 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics | Philadelphia, PA

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Book talk on how the political moment surrounding Donald Trump’s 2016 election reshaped the American conservative intellectual landscape.
About this Event

Author and political theorist Laura K. Field joins us to discuss her book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, which examines how the political moment surrounding Donald Trump’s 2016 election reshaped the American conservative intellectual landscape. Field argues that while Trump himself was not a traditional ideological thinker, his rise created space for a network of academics, public intellectuals, and influencers who constitute the “MAGA New Right,” and who now exert significant influence in Washington, DC.
Conversation moderated by Hank Owings.
Laura K. Field is Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in Washington, DC. A political theorist by training, she holds a PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin, and has held faculty positions at Rhodes College in Memphis, Georgetown University, and American University. In addition to her academic work she has written for The New Republic, Politico, The Bulwark, Le Monde, The New York Times and The Atlantic. Her award-winning book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right is now out with Princeton University Press. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, United States

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