person1979–

Josh Hawley

Disciplines:

Summary

Republican Senator from Missouri (2019–) — Yale Law graduate — former Missouri Attorney General — who raised his fist in solidarity with January 6 protesters and then objected to certification of the 2020 election results — the most intellectually ambitious nationalist conservative in the Senate.

Core Contribution

Creates the national conservative legal critique of Big Tech and corporate power — Hawley's combination of antitrust advocacy against tech platforms and traditional conservative social values represents the emerging national conservative synthesis that challenges both libertarian and establishment conservatism.

Key Spikes & Highlights

Yale Law Review editor who wrote a dissertation on Teddy Roosevelt's trust-busting before becoming a senator who applies that framework to Big Tech — the intellectual consistency between his academic work and his political positions is unusual for politicians of his generation
Was dropped by Simon & Schuster after January 6 but the book was picked up by Regnery and became a bestseller — his treatment as a victim of corporate censorship by a major publisher directly illustrated his thesis about Big Tech and corporate cultural power

Notable Works & Achievements

The Tyranny of Big Tech

Manhood

Historical Influences

Teddy Roosevelt Aristotle Patrick Deneen

Intellectual Lineage

Lexington, Missouri Stanford Yale Law Missouri AG US Senate

Contemporaries & Peers

Tom Cotton J.D. Vance Ted Cruz

Minds Influenced

National conservative movement

Intellectual Posterity

Hawley as national conservative January 6 fist

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Josh Hawley

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person1979–

Josh Hawley

Disciplines:

Summary

Core Contribution

Key Spikes & Highlights

Yale Law Review editor who wrote a dissertation on Teddy Roosevelt's trust-busting before becoming a senator who applies that framework to Big Tech — the intellectual consistency between his academic work and his political positions is unusual for politicians of his generation
Was dropped by Simon & Schuster after January 6 but the book was picked up by Regnery and became a bestseller — his treatment as a victim of corporate censorship by a major publisher directly illustrated his thesis about Big Tech and corporate cultural power

Notable Works & Achievements

The Tyranny of Big Tech

Manhood

Historical Influences

Teddy Roosevelt Aristotle Patrick Deneen

Intellectual Lineage

Lexington, Missouri Stanford Yale Law Missouri AG US Senate

Contemporaries & Peers

Tom Cotton J.D. Vance Ted Cruz

Minds Influenced

National conservative movement

Intellectual Posterity

Hawley as national conservative January 6 fist

Discussing

Josh Hawley

Ask anything about Josh Hawley — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.