The authoritarian moment : how the left weaponized America's institutions against dissent
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0063001829, 9780063001824
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 320.513 SHAPIRO 2021
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)NF 320.513 SHAPIRO 2021On Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0063001829, 9780063001824

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
How far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line? According to the establishment media, the intelligentsia, and our political chattering class, the greatest threat to American freedom lies in right-wing authoritarianism. We've heard that some 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump represent the rise of American fascism; that conservatives have allowed authoritarianism to bloom in their midst, creating a grave danger for the republic. But what if the true authoritarian threat to America doesn't come from the political right, but from the supposedly anti-fascist left? There are certainly totalitarians on the political right. But statistically, they represent a fringe movement with little institutional clout. The authoritarian left, meanwhile, is ascendant in nearly every area of American life. A small number of leftists--college-educated, coastal, and uncompromising--have not just taken over the Democratic Party but our corporations, our universities, our scientific establishment, our cultural institutions. And they have used their newfound power to silence their opposition. The authoritarian Left is aggressively insistent that everyone must conform to its values, demanding submission and conformity. The dogmatic Left is obsessed with putting people in categories and changing human nature. Everyone who opposes it must be destroyed. Ben Shapiro looks at everything from pop culture to the Frankfurt school, social media to the Founding Fathers, to explain the origins of our turn to tyranny, and why so many seem blind to it. More than a catalog of bad actors and intemperate acts, The Authoritarian Moment lays bare the intolerance and rigidity creeping into all American ideology - and prescribes the solution to ending the authoritarianism that threatens our future.--,Publisher marketing.
Action
cc,2021-08-30,JV

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, B. (2021). The authoritarian moment: how the left weaponized America's institutions against dissent (First edition.). Broadside Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, Ben. 2021. The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions against Dissent. Broadside Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, Ben. The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions against Dissent Broadside Books, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shapiro, Ben. The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions against Dissent First edition., Broadside Books, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.