Alexander Jacobs
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership
Senior Lecturer of Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership
Alex Jacobs is a historian of political thought and culture. His research focuses on ideology, skepticism, and social cohesion, especially though not exclusively in the twentieth century United States.
Specializations
- Intellectual history
- Cultural history
- Religion
- Social thought
Representative Publications
- Without Illusions: The Politics of Skepticism in the Cold War Era. Harvard University Press, Forthcoming.
- “The Post-Progressive Liberalism of Carl Becker.” Intellectual History Review 30, no. 4 (2020): 673-692.