Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download American Demagogue PDF full book. Access full book title American Demagogue by J. D Dickey. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: J. D Dickey Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1643132911 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
In September 1740, New England experienced a social earthquake. It arrived not in the form of a great natural disaster or an act of violence, but with the figure of a twenty-year-old preacher. People were abuzz with his stunning oratory, his colorful theatrics, and his almost ungodly sense of power and presence.When George Whitfield arrived in the American colonies, his reputation and growing legend had been built on his brilliant speeches and frightening tirades, and his fame exploded. He demanded his listeners repent their sins and follow the true word of God—his. He had knowledge that only he could unlock for the American people. Whitefield's message also carried a threat, and he brooked no dissent. Whitefield's power over his listeners grew, and New England was in the uproar of a social revolution. This period became known as The Great Awakening, and it would weave its way into the very fabric of what American would eventually become. Soon after Whitefield reached his zenith, things began to fall apart. The puritanical utopia that once seemed so certain vanished like a dream. American Demagogue is the story of this rapid rise and equally steep fall, which would be echoed by authoritarian populists in later centuries and American demagogues yet to come.
Author: J. D Dickey Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1643132911 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
In September 1740, New England experienced a social earthquake. It arrived not in the form of a great natural disaster or an act of violence, but with the figure of a twenty-year-old preacher. People were abuzz with his stunning oratory, his colorful theatrics, and his almost ungodly sense of power and presence.When George Whitfield arrived in the American colonies, his reputation and growing legend had been built on his brilliant speeches and frightening tirades, and his fame exploded. He demanded his listeners repent their sins and follow the true word of God—his. He had knowledge that only he could unlock for the American people. Whitefield's message also carried a threat, and he brooked no dissent. Whitefield's power over his listeners grew, and New England was in the uproar of a social revolution. This period became known as The Great Awakening, and it would weave its way into the very fabric of what American would eventually become. Soon after Whitefield reached his zenith, things began to fall apart. The puritanical utopia that once seemed so certain vanished like a dream. American Demagogue is the story of this rapid rise and equally steep fall, which would be echoed by authoritarian populists in later centuries and American demagogues yet to come.
Author: Eric A. Posner Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1250303028 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick What Happens to Democracy When a Demagogue Comes to Power? "It is hard to imagine understanding the Trump presidency and its significance without reading this book.” —Bob Bauer, Former Chief Counsel to President Barack Obama What—and who—is a demagogue? How did America’s Founders envision the presidency? What should a constitutional democracy look like—and how can it be fixed when it appears to be broken? Something is definitely wrong with Donald Trump’s presidency, but what exactly? The extraordinary negative reaction to Trump’s election—by conservative intellectuals, liberals, Democrats, and global leaders alike—goes beyond ordinary partisan and policy disagreements. It reflects genuine fear about the vitality of our constitutional system. The Founders, reaching back to classical precedents, feared that their experiment in mass self-government could produce a demagogue: a charismatic ruler who would gain and hold on to power by manipulating the public rather than by advancing the public good. President Trump, who has played to the mob and attacked institutions from the judiciary to the press, appears to embody these ideas. How can we move past his rhetoric and maintain faith in our great nation? In The Demagogue’s Playbook, acclaimed legal scholar Eric A. Posner offers a blueprint for how America can prevent the rise of another demagogue and protect the features of a democracy that help it thrive—and restore national greatness, for one and all. “Cuts through the hyperbole and hysteria that often distorts assessments of our republic, particularly at this time.” —Alan Taylor, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History
Author: Ray Smock Publisher: ISBN: 9781790943722 Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
"The shortest way to ruin a country is to give power to demagogues," said the Greek historian, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in the year 20 BC. Today the United States of America has a world-class demagogue as its president. Donald J. Trump is the most successful, and most dangerous, demagogue in American history. He has dramatically changed how we see the role of government, the nature of our democratic institutions, and the place of the United States as a world leader. He has turned the history of the presidency up-side-down. In these essays, Dr. Ray Smock, former historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, combines the urgency of breaking news with critical historical analysis that reveals, in stark contrast, the dangers posed by a leader who cannot govern the nation because demagogues, by nature, rely on fear, lies, smears, scapegoating, and division to gain power and to hold it. While deeply concerned with how this president's demagoguery divides the American people into warring camps, the author sees hope in the tenets of the U.S. Constitution, the law, strong public and private institutions, a free press, and the rise of a new Congress, which can place constitutional checks on this runaway president. These essays are clarion calls for a return to more civil government with less partisanship. It is a strong defense of the free press as an important check on a president who regularly uses lies and deception to further his political agenda. This is the author's second book on the Trump Presidency. The first, published in 2018, was Trump Tsunami: A Historian's Diary of the Trump Campaign and His First Year in Office, also available on Amazon.
Author: Larry Tye Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 1328959724 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 629
Book Description
The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever review of his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use "McCarthyism" to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a weapon of polarizing slander. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. When the public finally turned on him, he came crashing down, dying of alcoholism in 1957. Only now, through bestselling author Larry Tye's exclusive look at the senator's records, can the full story be told. Demagogue is a masterful portrait of a human being capable of immense evil, yet beguiling charm. McCarthy was a tireless worker and a genuine war hero. His ambitions knew few limits. Neither did his socializing, his drinking, nor his gambling. When he finally made it to the Senate, he flailed around in search of an agenda and angered many with his sharp elbows and lack of integrity. Finally, after three years, he hit upon anti-communism. By recklessly charging treason against everyone from George Marshall to much of the State Department, he became the most influential and controversial man in America. His chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all. Yet his equally sudden fall from fame offers reason for hope that, given the rope, most American demagogues eventually hang themselves.
Author: Molefi Kete Asante Publisher: Academy ISBN: 9780974226903 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The American Demagogue: Donald Trump stands out from other studies on the former president, by analyzing Trump's presidency through the lens of communication and Africology, highlighting his unique approach in distorting American values and institutions. The author specifically explores Trump's use of fear, lies, and derogatory language, drawing parallels to historical demagogues.The book delves into Trump's attacks on various American ideals, such as environmental protection, racial justice, and compassion. Additionally, it emphasizes Asante's perspective on the impact of Trump's rhetoric on the democratic tradition, offering insights into the resilience of American democracy. In an election year, this book serves as a distinctive reflection on the intersection of politics, communication, and cultural studies, and the history of American demagogues.
Author: Molefi Kete Asante Publisher: Academy ISBN: 9780982532775 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
"Molefi Kete Asante has established a pattern of writing Afrocentric theory and criticism on all aspects of society. I was just waiting for him to turn his attention to Donald Trump and in this book he has not disappointed. The book is well written, well researched, and adds a new dimension to writing on Trump."Dr. George Sefa Dei, Professor, Sociology and Equity, University of Toronto"The American Demagogue: Donald Trump in the Presidency is Asante's important examination of how Trump preaches fear and hatred to control the emotions of the white nationalist community. Asante explores the meaning of demagoguery and shows how Trump has undercut American institutions."Dr. Ama Mazama, Professor and Graduate Director, Africology, Temple University"Asante has brought his unusually brilliant mind to bear on one of the critical personalities of our era. I think this book will find many younger readers as well as old heads because Molefi Kete Asante is a well-read and savvy writer. He is the most prolific African author of our generations and I just knew he would soon have something to say on Trump; he has nailed it!"Dr. Christopher Roberts, Postdoc, Brown University
Author: Charles U. Zug Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197651941 Category : Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
While demagoguery is traditionally regarded as destabilizing and dangerous, this book shows how it can also be used to advance the common good. Most of us think that demagoguery is, by definition, bad. Relatedly, scholars almost invariably treat demagoguery as a divisive practice that appeals to what is worst in an audience at the expense of what is best for the public good. In Demagogues in American Politics, Charles U. Zug offers a historical analysis of the role of demagoguery in the American political system. Challenging the conventional wisdom, he argues that demagoguery is not an inherently bad form of leadership. Whereas classical thinkers had believed that demagoguery was always a threat to political order, the most sophisticated founders of the American Constitution-inspired by Enlightenment political philosophy-recognized that demagoguery, though dangerous, could be recruited by the Constitution to improve the political system. Through case studies drawn from the presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court, this book argues that demagogic leadership can be deployed by public officials to advance the aspirations of constitutional democracy.
Author: J. D Dickey
Author: J. D Dickey
Author: Reinhard Henry Luthin
Author: Eric A. Posner
Author: Ray Smock
Author: Larry Tye
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Author: Charles U. Zug
Author: Reinhard Henry LUTHIN
Author: Reinhard Henry Luthin