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Richard Hofstadter's seminal works in American history and political culture have shaped the way we understand the complexities of the nation's past. Through his incisive analyses and nuanced interpretations, he illuminates the forces that have shaped American society, challenging readers to confront the realities of power, ideology, and identity.
"A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else."
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"The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination."
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"It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat."
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