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The dead center : reflections on liberalism and democracy after the end of history / Luke Savage.
Van Pelt Library JC574.2.U6 S28 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savage, Luke, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism--United States--History--21st century.
- Liberalism.
- Democracy--United States--History--21st century.
- Democracy.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--2021-.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : OR Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- The Dead Center takes an acerbic and often ribald eye to contemporary politics, particularly those of mainstream liberals in the United States. Combining engaging polemic and serious intellectual analysis, it offers a timely portrait of a political landscape sullied by an already ineffectual Biden administration, the marginalization of forces around Bernie Sanders and the ominous shadow of Donald Trump in the wings. --From back cover.
- Contents:
- Liberalism in theory and practice
- Why liberals pretend they have no power
- David Brooks' capitalist fatalism
- What Canada can teach us about liberals everywhere
- The curse of bipartisanship
- Liberalism's veil of ignorance
- 2004 redux
- How liberals fell in love with the West Wing
- The never Trump delusion
- The fraudulent universalism of Barack Obama
- Justin Trudeau and the politics of spectacle
- Fear and LARPing on the campaign trail
- Farewell to Betomania
- Why the pundit class loves Amy Klobuchar
- Variations in b-flat minor
- Keir Starmer and the genealogy of centrist non-belief
- Joe Biden is not a radical
- Manufacturing consent, one chyron at a time
- The agony and the ecstasy of Chris Matthews
- All the president's tweets
- Erasing the working class
- James Carville will never stop being wrong
- The progressive era that wasn't
- Savory snacks for social justice
- The British monarchy will not survive late capitalism
- Barons of the valley
- From New Deal to nudge
- Neoliberalism? never heard of it.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261).
- ISBN:
- 1682193330
- 9781682193334
- OCLC:
- 1330407493
- Publisher Number:
- 99993259224
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