عنوان

Demagogue :

0230606245

9780230606241

b719032

Demagogue :

[Book]

the fight to save democracy from its worst enemies /

Michael Signer.

1st ed.

New York, NY :

Palgrave Macmillan,

2009.

272 pages ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.

Freedom at the brink -- Part I: The cycle of regimes. The founding fathers' nightmare -- Defining the demagogue -- Democracy's own worst enemy -- Cleon of Athens -- An enemy of the people -- The student rebels -- A city learns -- Part II: Demagoguery in America. George W. Bush: demagogue? -- Watering the tree of liberty -- A peculiar institution -- "King mob" -- The reign of terror -- The demagogue and the devil -- America's Achilles heel -- Americans fight back -- A red-baiter and an American Caesar -- Part III: The Modern Struggle. Ignoring Iraqis -- The cycle begins again -- A philosopher-king -- The neoconservative Pere et Fils -- Democratic dominion -- The end of complicity -- Seduction and resolution -- Part IV: Defying the demagogue. Constitutionalism -- The errors of the past -- Moving forward -- Theory and practice -- From hubris to strength -- America the exceptional.

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"A demagogue is a tyrant who owes his initial rise to the democratic support of the masses. Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, and Moqtada al-Sadr are all clear examples of this dangerous byproduct of democracy. Demagogue takes a long view of the fight to defend democracy from within, from the brutal general Cleon in ancient Athens, the demagogues who plagued the bloody French Revolution, George W. Bush's naIve democratic experiment in Iraq, and beyond. This compelling narrative weaves stories about some of history's most fascinating figures, including Adolf Hitler, Senator Joe McCarthy, and General Douglas Macarthur, and explains how humanity's urge for liberty can give rise to dark forces that threaten that very freedom. To find the solution to democracy's demagogue problem, the book delves into the stories of four great thinkers who all personally struggled with democracy - Plato, Alexis de Tocqueville, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt."--Publisher's description.

Examines the struggle between democracy and demagogues by exploring the works of philosophers on the subject and presenting an analysis of well-known demagogues.

Democracy.

Dictators.

Political culture.

Representative government and representation.

Demagogie

Democracy.

Demokrati.

Dictators.

Diktatorer.

Political culture.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- History & Theory.

Representative government and representation.

USA

USA.

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Signer, Michael

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