Anger, Fear, Domination

Name: Anger, Fear, Domination
SKU: 9780300303742
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Author: William A. Galston
ISBN: 9780300303742

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Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvWilliam A. Galston

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A renowned political theorist offers a road map to the dark forces that threaten democracy “Politics is different now because something awful has been unleashed. William A. Galston defines this awful thing in his fantastic new book, Anger, Fear, Domination.”—David Brooks, New York Times Liberalism orients itself around the idea of self-interest tempered by reason, with the addition of civically useful emotions such as patriotism, self-sacrifice, and empathy. But the politics dominating much of the world shows that these ideals are not enough. William A. Galston argues that the defense of liberal democracy requires understanding the dark forces whose impact on political life liberal democratic institutions seek to mute: the emotions of fear, humiliation, anger, resentment, and hatred, and the drive to dominate. In hard or threatening times, it is these dark passions that most reliably persuade people and move them to action—whether voting or violence. Throughout the democratic world, these institutional defenses are now being tested by a new generation of demagogues. With a keen awareness of the stakes, Galston explains why countering this dangerous development requires not only more responsive public policies but persuasive rhetoric and a realistic conception of political psychology—one that is free of the illusion that reason or affirmative sentiments such as empathy, solidarity, and love can reliably dominate public affairs.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-10
Mått127 x 197 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor176
FörlagYale University Press
ISBN9780300303742

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“Politics is different now because something awful has been unleashed. William A. Galston defines this awful thing in his fantastic new book, Anger, Fear, Domination.”—David Brooks, New York Times“The better speech that Galston advocates for, which can challenge the darkness within us, is desperately needed. But Galston would agree that it needs allies in summoning the higher aspirations that have not vanished from our souls but that have been submerged and deadened in recent times.”—Peter Wehner, The AtlanticA Project Syndicate Book of the Year 2025“Of the many crisis books published over the last decade assessing the malignant political and moral climate degrading liberal democracy, there is nothing like this one. Galston has a rare, capacious mind. This book is a defense of liberal democracy written in a different voice that goes far in explaining us to ourselves.”—Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Government and Politics Emerita, Harvard University, and coauthor of Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos“Our dark political times require us to understand what Galson calls ‘dark political passions’: anger, resentment, humiliation, fear, and the urge to dominate. Recalling the insights of classical political thought, this short but profound book explains how these passions can be exploited by demagogues or tamed by liberal statesmen.”—R. Shep Melnick, Tip O’Neill Professor of American Politics, Boston College