| The Politics of Petulance: America in an Age of Immaturity Contributor(s): Wolfe, Alan (Author), Heller, Johnny (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1515938379 ISBN-13: 9781515938378 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: October 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism - Political Science | American Government - National - History | United States - 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: In The Politics of Petulance Alan Wolfe argues the core of our problem isn't Trump himself-it's that we are mired in an age of political immaturity. That immaturity is not grounded in any one ideology, nor is it a function of age or education. In 2016, many Americans were offered tantalizingly simple answers to complicated problems, and, like children being offered a lunch of Pop Rocks and Coke, they reflexively-and mindlessly-accepted. The good news is that we've been here before. Wolfe reminds us that we know how to grow up and face down Trump and other demagogues. Wolfe reinvigorates the tradition of public engagement exemplified by mid-century intellectuals such as Richard Hofstadter, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Lionel Trilling-and he draws lessons from their battles with McCarthyism and conspiratorial paranoia. Wolfe mounts a powerful case that we can learn from them to forge a new path for political intervention today. Wolfe has been thinking and writing about American life and politics for decades. He sees this moment as one of real risk. But he's not throwing up his hands; he's bracing us. We've faced demagogues before. We can find the intellectual maturity to fight back. Yes we can. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heller, Johnny: - Johnny Heller has earned over twenty-five Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, including one for Closing Time by Joe Queenan, and has won two Audie Awards and many more nominations. Named one of the Top Fifty Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile, he has recorded over seven hundred titles.Wolfe, Alan: - Alan Wolfe is professor emeritus of political science at Boston College. He is the author of One Nation, After All: What Middle-Class Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, the Right, the Left, and Each Other, a 1999 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. |