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Twilight of democracy: the failure of politics and the parting of friends Anne Applebaum.

Twilight of democracy: the failure of politics and the parting of friends Anne Applebaum.
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321.9/APP
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ISBN 9780241419717
Shelf Location 321.9/APP
History & Politics
Author Applebaum, Anne, 1964-
Title Twilight of democracy : the failure of politics and the parting of friends / Anne Applebaum.
Publication Details [London]:
©2020 Allen Lane,
Collation 206 pages : 23 cm. ;
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents New Year's Eve -- How demagogues win -- The future of nostalgia -- Cascades of falsehood -- Moral equivalence -- The unending of history.
Abstract/Summary In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, conservative politicians and intellectuals across Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a common purpose and, very often, forged personal friendships. The euphoria quickly evaporated, the common purpose and centre ground gradually disappeared and eventually - as this book compellingly relates - the relationships soured too. Anne Applebaum traces a familiar history in an unfamiliar way, looking at the trajectories of individuals caught up in the public events of the last three decades. When politics become polarized, which side do you back? If you are a journalist, an intellectual, a civic leader, how do you deal with the re-emergence of authoritarian or nationalist ideas in your country? When your leaders appropriate history, or pedal conspiracies, or eviscerate the media and the judiciary, do you go along with it? Twilight of democracy is an essay that combines the personal and the political in an original way and brings a fresh understanding to the dynamics of public life in Europe and America, both now and in the recent past.
Subject Authoritarianism
Democracy
Nationalist parties
One-party systems
World politics -- 21st century
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