LEADER 04255nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910452838203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-18094-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300180947 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104998 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24485830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11412087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10773707 035 $a(PQKB)10100406 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420947 035 $a(DE-B1597)485801 035 $a(OCoLC)1024044237 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300180947 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420947 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579346 035 $a(OCoLC)808346504 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104998 100 $a20040923d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy and populism$b[electronic resource] $efear & hatred /$fJohn Lukacs 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-300-10773-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tTocqueville's Vision Of History -- $tThe Ending Of "Mixed" Government -- $t"Right" And "Left": Their Conservative Misreadings -- $tA Liberal Misreading -- $tConservatives And Liberals -- $tPopular Sovereignty And Socialism -- $tPopular Sovereignty And Nationalism -- $tNationalism And Socialism -- $tThe Accumulation Of Opinions -- $tProgressive Liberalism -- $tProgressives And Populists -- $tPopulist Anti-Semitism And Germanophilia -- $tNation And State -- $t1914: The World Of Yesterday? -- $t"Modern"? -- $tThe Russian Revolution: A Tremendous Failure -- $t1917 And The Americanization Of The World -- $tThe Failure Of Liberalism After 1918 -- $t1920-1945: The Division Of The World -- $tMisuse And Misreading Of "Fascism" -- $tMisuse And Misreading Of "Totalitarianism" -- $tMisuse And Misreading Of National Socialism As An "Ideology" -- $tThe United States In 1945 And Thereafter -- $tThe Decline Of The State -- $tThe Declining Function Of "Classes" -- $t"Tyranny Of The Majority"? "Public Opinion" And Its Misreadings -- $tDecline Of Privacy, Rise Of Publicity -- $tPublicity And Celebrity -- $tChanges In The Recording And Knowledge Of History -- $tFear And Hatred -- $tTriumph And Disappearance Of "Liberalism" -- $tThe Rise Of Criminality -- $tA New, Profound, Division -- $tIdeas And Beliefs -- $tHope, Against Fear -- $tIndex 330 $aThis intensely interesting-and troubling-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.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-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-and entertainment-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.Lukacs's observations are original, biting, timely, sure to inspire lively debate about the precarious state of American democracy today. 606 $aPolitical science$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIdeology$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory 615 0$aIdeology$xHistory 676 $a320.5/0973/0904 700 $aLukacs$b John$f1924-$0473434 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452838203321 996 $aDemocracy and populism$92450206 997 $aUNINA