The Recovering Academic

The Recovering Academic

Branding will be the end of us

The sinister history of a popular obsession

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Joshua Doležal
Nov 15, 2022
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Quaker who was branded on the forehead for blaspheming
James Naylor was branded as a blasphemer by the British government in 1656. From Britannica.

On Monday, November 7, just before Election Day, Inside Higher Ed published an essay by David Rosowsky, E. …

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