Surviving Autocracy
New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 270 pages ; 21 cm
"An analysis of the destruction the Trump administration has waged on our institutions, the cultural norms we hoped would save us, and our very sense of identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
What do we call it? -- Waiting for the Reichstag fire -- The Styrofoam president -- We could call it a kakistocracy -- We could call it corruption -- We could call it aspirational autocracy -- We could pretend he is an alien, or call it the government of destruction -- The death of dignity -- Mueller did not save us -- Institutions have not saved us -- Words have meaning, or they ought to -- The power lie -- The tweet trap -- Normalization is (almost) unavoidable -- Resisting Trump's war on the media -- How politics dies -- A white male supremacist president -- "Throwing off the mask of hypocrisy" -- The antipolitics of fear -- Confronting civil society -- The power of moral authority -- Who is "us"? And who are we?
Subjects:
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence.
Authoritarianism -- United States.
Dictatorship -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence.
Authoritarianism -- United States.
Dictatorship -- United States.
Political culture -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
ISBN:
9780593188934
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GOV Politics US Ges | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references.