1. The Red Scare, Cultural Hegemony
What makes this theory interesting for us is the fact that this theory defines ''the intellectuals'' as one of the most interesting means employed for the so-called cultural hegemony. ... After the WWI formally ended on November 18, 1918, there was an ideological war still going on in the US. An ideological war which prompted mass paranoia and caused, among many other things, what would be known as the Red Scare, which began in 1919 and ended in 1921. ... McCarthy accused high government officials and high standing military officers of being communist. ... When the Palmer R...
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