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Darrin M. McMahon

Darrin M. McMahon is a professor of history at Dartmouth, and the author of Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea (Basic Books).

Stories by This Author

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The Review | Essay
The Triumph of ‘Equity’ Over ‘Equality’
By Darrin M. McMahon April 1, 2024
Academic ideals have shifted in recent decades.
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The Chronicle Review
The Fall and Rise of Intellectual History
By Darrin M. McMahon, Samuel Moyn February 17, 2014
The field’s interdisciplinary and multi-era sweep jibe with a renewed confidence in the power of ideas to move minds.
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The Chronicle Review
Where Have All the Geniuses Gone?
By Darrin M. McMahon October 21, 2013
The term has become generic, and all but banished from academe.