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1 online resource (x, 339 pages) |
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| Summary |
"Illiberalism, Thomas Main writes, is the basic repudiation of liberal democracy, the very foundation on which the United States rests. It says no to electoral democracy, human rights, the rule of law, toleration. It is a political ideology that finds expression in such older right-wing extremist groups as the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists and more recently among the Alt-Right and the Dark Enlightenment. There are also left-of-center illiberal movements, including various forms of communism, anarchism, and some antifascist movements. The Rise of Illiberalism explores the philosophical underpinnings of this toxic political ideology and documents how it has infiltrated the mainstream of political discourse in the United States. By the early twenty-first century, Main writes, liberal democracy's failure to deal adequately with social problems created a space illiberal movements could exploit to promote their particular brands of identity politics as an alternative. A critical need thus is for what the author calls "positive identity politics," or a widely shared sense of community that gives a feeling of equal importance to all sectors of society. Achieving this goal will, however, be an enormous challenge. In seeking actionable remedies for the broken political system of the United States, this book makes a major scholarly contribution to current debates about the future of liberal democracy"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illiberalism in American Political Culture Today -- What Is Illiberalism? What Is Liberal Democracy? -- The Audience for Illiberalism Today -- Identity -- Ideas -- Irony -- Interests -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
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Right and left (Political science) |
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United States. |
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Identity politics -- United States.
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Identity politics. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Main, Thomas James, 1955- Rise of illiberalism. Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press, 2021 9780815738497 (OCoLC)1268135027 |
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9780815738503 electronic book |
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0815738501 electronic book |
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9780815738497 electronic book |
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0815738498 electronic book |
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9780815738497 (paperback) |
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