The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American Politics

The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American Politics
ISBN-10
0525433813
ISBN-13
9780525433811
Category
Political Science
Pages
24
Language
English
Published
2016-10-04
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Richard Hofstadter

Description

A Vintage Shorts Selection A timely reissue of acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter’s authoritative and unforgettable essay. First published in 1964 and no less relevant half a century later, The Paranoid Style in American Politics scrutinizes the conditions that gave rise to the extreme right of the 1950s and the 1960s, and presages the ascendancy of the Tea Party movement and, now, Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Fringe groups can and do both influence and derail American politics, and Hofstadter remains indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand why paranoia, a persistent psychic phenomenon with an outsize role in American public life, refuses to abate. An ebook short.

Similar books