false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg 1431057 2 <div>This intensely interesting&#8212;and troubling&#8212;book is the product of a lifetime of reflection and study of democracy. In it, John Lukacs addresses the questions of how our democracy has changed and why we have become vulnerable to the shallowest possible demagoguery.<br>Lukacs contrasts the political systems, movements, and ideologies that have bedeviled the twentieth century: democracy, Liberalism, nationalism, fascism, Bolshevism, National Socialism, populism. Reflecting on American democracy, Lukacs describes its evolution from the eighteenth century to its current form&#8212;a dangerous and possibly irreversible populism. This involves, among other things, the predominance of popular sentiment over what used to be public opinion. This devolution has happened through the gigantic machinery of publicity, substituting propaganda&#8212;and entertainment&#8212;for knowledge, and ideology for a sense of history. It is a kind of populism that relies on nationalism and militarism to hold society together.<br>Lukacs&#8217;s observations are original, biting, timely, sure to inspire lively debate about the precarious state of American democracy today.<br></div> 1421575 8 3 2005 Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred total:7|5:1|4:2|3:2|2:0|1:2| 7 21 14 3 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 1 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:42:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:46:05 -0700 2009 What he wrote is a lot of unsupported, arrogantly stated generalizations coupled with much foolishness.]]> 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Tue Mar 10 10:12:28 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:12:28 -0700 2009 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 4 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Aug 27 08:20:12 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:20:55 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Mon Apr 27 14:01:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 14:01:22 -0700 2009 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Wed Nov 12 18:55:33 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 18:55:33 -0800 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 1 0 false Wed Nov 05 16:49:01 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 16:49:01 -0800 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Mon Sep 22 04:34:39 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 04:34:39 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Sun Sep 07 06:22:15 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 06:22:15 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 5 0 false Fri Jul 11 13:49:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 13:49:12 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 4 0 false Fri Apr 25 07:35:17 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 07:35:23 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 3 0 false Fri Apr 18 08:13:52 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 08:13:52 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Sat Mar 15 20:13:42 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 20:13:46 -0700 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 0 0 false Wed Feb 20 20:14:47 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 20:15:06 -0800 2008 1431057 0300107730 9780300107739 7 3 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183531619m/1431057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431057.Democracy_and_Populism_Fear_and_Hatred 3 0 false Mon Jul 09 11:10:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 11:10:30 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1431057