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Farewell to Democracy?: Lessons Past and Present Paperback – April 1, 2021

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If you think you are living in an era of post-truth, you likely are. If something sounds like magical thinking, it is. Nationalism makes no country great; it often leads to war, genocide, terror, destroyed economies and the turning of cities into rubble. Technology will not get us to paradise. It has made us more unequal than ever, polluted democracy, heightened job risk (displacement), created ever more billionaires, continued the rapid pace of the destruction of the planet, and transformed us from citizens into consumers, often with our active support. The free market is not free; too often it isn’t even a market (because we live in an age of monopoly). The road to serfdom is paved by demagogues, not the state; the state and its institutions are all we have. Trust expertise. Truth does not come from he who shouts the loudest. You are approaching a one-party-state when facts are relativized, science is denied, experts are mocked and threatened, alternative facts are embraced, minorities are criminalized, and lying is normalized. Farewell to Democracy? reminds us that we have been here before. It tells us that we can avoid a repetition of the past, but we must first know what that past was (and is). Farewell to Democracy? insists that nothing is inevitable. That we are not powerless. That we have institutions to help protect us, which we must protect in turn. It shows us what happens when we speak truth to power. It details the strength of mass protest. It pulls back the veil on Post-Truth. It urges all of us to bear witness and to "show up."

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    178904166X
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    978-1789041668
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Jack Luzkow is a professor of history at Fontbonne University, where he has taught European and world history for sixteen years. He also teaches courses on political thought, intellectual history, and hybrid courses such as a history of the present. He is the recipient of two Mellon Foundation awards and the author of Monopoly Restored: How the Super-Rich Robbed Main Street. He lives in Richmond Heights, MO, USA.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zero Books (April 1, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 178904166X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1789041668
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 0.35 x 8.46 inches
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