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Strongmen : Trump / Modi / Erdoğan / Duterte / Putin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- V, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authoritarianism.
- Political leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : OR Books, LLC, 2018.
- Summary:
- Five noted writers and thinkers profile five of the world's leaders. For some of us, these leaders are heroes; for others, villains; for all of us--strongmen. In this short book, five brilliant artists and writers confront five strongmen:American playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) burrows beneath the skin of Donald Trump.Danish Husain, Indian storyteller and actor, finds himself recounting the story not only of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but also of the ascension of the extremism of the Sangh Parivar.Burhan S nmez, Turkish novelist, ferrets about amidst the bewildering career of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan.Lara Vapnyar, Russian-American novelist and journalist, ponders the Stalinist origins of the Supreme Leader of All the Russias.Ninotchka Rosca, Filipina feminist novelist, unravels the macho world of Rodrigo Duterte.These essays do not presume to be neutral. They are by partisan thinkers, magical writers, people who see not only the monsters but also a future beyond the ghouls. A future that is necessary. The present is too painful.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Return of the Monster
- Trump: A Fable
- Modi: The Vanity of the Tyrant
- Erdoğan: A Normal Man
- Putin: So Sexy It Hurts
- Duterte: Nada in the Heart of Bluster
- About the Contributors Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781949017038
- 1949017036
- OCLC:
- 1505736247
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