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The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia

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Availability:In StockContributor:Arthur GoldwagPublish date:2024-03-05Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Vintage BooksISBN-13:9780593467060ISBN-10:059346706XUPC:9780593467060Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Conspiracy Theories, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Nationalism & PatriotismSize:7.95 x 5.20 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCTFV922QX
From the author of Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, a probing exploration of the bizarre and dangerous conspiracies that have roiled America over the past decade and captured the minds of so many Americans

Some of the conspiracy theories now gripping American politics contend that Joe Biden was executed and replaced by a clone and that John F. Kennedy Jr., faked his death and will one day return to slay Trump's enemies. But who is susceptible to them, and what makes them so politically potent?

Investigating the historical roots of our peculiar brand of political paranoia, Arthur Goldwag helps us make sense of the senseless and, in so doing, uncovers three uncomfortable truths: that it is older than Trumpism and will outlast it; that theocratic authoritarianism is as hardwired in our American heritage as the principles of the Enlightenment; and that the fear that our system is "rigged" is not altogether unfounded. A probing, surprising, and critical examination of America's paranoid style, The Politics of Fear sheds new light on the age-old question: What exactly are we so afraid of?
Language:EnglishPublisher:Vintage BooksISBN-13:9780593467060ISBN-10:059346706XUPC:9780593467060Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Conspiracy Theories, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Nationalism & PatriotismSize:7.95 x 5.20 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCTFV922QX
Arthur Goldwag is the author of -Isms and -Ologies; Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies; and The New Hate. A freelance writer and editor for more than twenty years, he has worked at Book-of-the-Month Club, as well as at Random House and The New York Review of Books.
Publisher: Vintage Books

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