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An Interview with PRA Founder Jean Hardisty

What motivated you to study the political Right?
I spent eight years in academia in the 1970s as a political scientist and my field was contemporary political philosophy. I’d become quite interested in neo-Conservatism (Irving Kristol, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Norman Podhoretz, Jeanne Kirkpatrick) and saw that this ideology had the potential to catch on in the U.S. It had a focus on individualism, supported capitalism, was avidly anti-communist, and was not entirely incompatible with Christian fundamentalism, so it seemed to me that it would have appeal at that time of growing backlash against my own historical period—the 1960s.

From the Executive Director
PRA at Thirty: Here For The Long Haul!

I can hardly believe that Political Research Associates is turning thirty! I hope that old chestnut, “don’t trust anyone over thirty,” won’t apply to us! As PRA celebrates this milestone, we’ve been taking stock of our contributions over the past three decades and asking ourselves what is most needed from us today and in the years to come.

Celebrating PRA's 30^th Anniversary
With A Briefing & Reception in New York City

On October 13th, PRA’s Pam Chamberlain presented findings from a year-long project to map the anti-LGBT Right at a public briefing at Hunter College’s Roosevelt House in New York City.

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