Description: Reactionary Spirit : How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World, Hardcover by Beauchamp, Zack, ISBN 154170441X, ISBN-13 9781541704411, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of American politics that has endured since our nation's birth. The defining ideals of democracy and liberty for everyone have always existed uneasily alongside realities of slavery, widespread disenfranchisement, and other grave impediments to true democracy. How has this paradox survived for so long in the face of America's foundational claim of liberty and justice for all? In The Reactionary Spirit, Zack Beauchamp explains that this tension is in factan example of a phenomenon intrinsic to the project of democracy, what he calls the reactionary spirit: as strides towards true democracy are made, there is always a faction that reacts by seeking to undermine them and thereby resist change. The adoptionof democratic rhetoric cleverly belies authoritarian ends-a development that is increasingly prevalent today, both at home and abroad. The Reactionary Spirit paints a vivid, alarming picture that illuminates not only what's happening to democracy globally, but also what we must do to protect it-while we still can"--
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Book Title: Reactionary Spirit : How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Topic: Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, American Government / General, Civics & Citizenship, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Political Science
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.7 in
Author: Zack Beauchamp
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
