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The Silenced Majority (Paperback): Reed Pryor The Silenced Majority (Paperback)
Reed Pryor
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wingnuts - A Field Guide to Everyday Extremism in America (Paperback): David Michael Slater Wingnuts - A Field Guide to Everyday Extremism in America (Paperback)
David Michael Slater
R339 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Political Seduction of the Church - How Millions Of American Christians Have Confused Politics with the Gospel (Paperback):... The Political Seduction of the Church - How Millions Of American Christians Have Confused Politics with the Gospel (Paperback)
Michael L Brown
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thank God For Trump Supporters 2020 (Paperback): Scott M Flynn Thank God For Trump Supporters 2020 (Paperback)
Scott M Flynn
R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jesus Is Not Republican (Paperback): Kate Rice Jesus Is Not Republican (Paperback)
Kate Rice
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Demolition Politics 2020 - The New Americanism (Paperback): Frank Ferrin Demolition Politics 2020 - The New Americanism (Paperback)
Frank Ferrin
R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Equality Beyond Debate - John Dewey's Pragmatic Idea of Democracy (Hardcover): Jeff Jackson Equality Beyond Debate - John Dewey's Pragmatic Idea of Democracy (Hardcover)
Jeff Jackson
R2,685 R1,646 Discovery Miles 16 460 Save R1,039 (39%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

While many current analyses of democracy focus on creating a more civil, respectful debate among competing political viewpoints, this study argues that the existence of structural social inequality requires us to go beyond the realm of political debate. Challenging prominent contemporary theories of democracy, the author draws on John Dewey to bring the work of combating social inequality into the forefront of democratic thought. Dewey's 'pragmatic' principles are deployed to present democracy as a developing concept constantly confronting unique conditions obstructing its growth. Under structurally unequal social conditions, democracy is thereby seen as demanding the overcoming of this inequality; this inequality corrupts even well-organized forums of political debate, and prevents individuals from governing their everyday lives. Dewey's approach shows that the process of fighting social inequality is uniquely democratic, and he avoids current democratic theory's tendency to abstract from this inequality.

The Online War Of Politics (Paperback): Brandon Harris The Online War Of Politics (Paperback)
Brandon Harris
R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Either Catholicism or Liberalism - The Pastoral and Circular Letters of St. Ezequiel Moreno y Diaz (Paperback): St Ezequiel... Either Catholicism or Liberalism - The Pastoral and Circular Letters of St. Ezequiel Moreno y Diaz (Paperback)
St Ezequiel Moreno Y Diaz; Translated by Brian Welter
R532 R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dark Posthuman - Dehumanization, Technology, and the Atlantic World (Paperback): Stephanie Polsky The Dark Posthuman - Dehumanization, Technology, and the Atlantic World (Paperback)
Stephanie Polsky
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reason, Tradition, and the Good - MacIntyre's Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory... Reason, Tradition, and the Good - MacIntyre's Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory (Hardcover)
Jeffery L. Nicholas
R2,333 Discovery Miles 23 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Reason, Tradition, and the Good, Jeffery L. Nicholas addresses the failure of reason in modernity to bring about a just society, a society in which people can attain fulfillment. Developing the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Nicholas argues that we rely too heavily on a conception of rationality that is divorced from tradition and, therefore, incapable of judging ends. Without the ability to judge ends, we cannot engage in debate about the good life or the proper goods that we as individuals and as a society should pursue. Nicholas claims that the project of enlightenment-defined as the promotion of autonomous reason-failed because it was based on a deformed notion of reason as mere rationality, and that a critical theory of society aimed at human emancipation must turn to substantive reason, a reason constituted by and constitutive of tradition. To find a reason capable of judging ends, Nicholas suggests, we must turn to Alasdair MacIntyre's Thomistic-Aristotelianism. Substantive reason comprises thinking and acting on the set of standards and beliefs within a particular tradition. It is the impossibility of enlightenment rationality to evaluate ends and the possibility of substantive reason to evaluate ends that makes the one unsuitable and the other suitable for a critical theory of society. Nicholas's compelling argument, written in accessible language, remains committed to the promise of reason to help individuals achieve a good and just society and a good life. This requires, however, a complete revolution in the way we approach social life.

Darwinian Conservatism (Paperback): Larry Arnhart Darwinian Conservatism (Paperback)
Larry Arnhart
R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Left has traditionally assumed that human nature is so malleable, so perfectible, that it can be shaped in almost any direction. Conservatives object, arguing that social order arises not from rational planning but from the spontaneous order of instincts and habits. Darwinian biology sustains conservative social thought by showing how the human capacity for spontaneous order arises from social instincts and a moral sense shaped by natural selection in human evolutionary history.

A Conservative's Guide to American Liberalism - 30 Truths About American Liberals and Their Agenda (Paperback): Gregg J... A Conservative's Guide to American Liberalism - 30 Truths About American Liberals and Their Agenda (Paperback)
Gregg J Cavanagh
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confederate Exceptionalism - Civil War Myth and Memory in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback): Nicole Maurantonio Confederate Exceptionalism - Civil War Myth and Memory in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
Nicole Maurantonio
R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Along with Confederate flags, the men and women who recently gathered before the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts carried signs proclaiming "Heritage Not Hate." Theirs, they said, was an "open and visible protest against those who attacked us, ours flags, our ancestors, or our Heritage." How, Nicole Maurantonio wondered, did "not hate" square with a "heritage" grounded in slavery? How do so-called neo-Confederates distance themselves from the actions and beliefs of white supremacists while clinging to the very symbols and narratives that tether the Confederacy to the history of racism and oppression in America? The answer, Maurantonio discovers, is bound up in the myth of Confederate exceptionalism-a myth whose components, proponents, and meaning this timely and provocative book exploresThe narrative of Confederate exceptionalism, in this analysis, updates two uniquely American mythologies-the Lost Cause and American exceptionalism-blending their elements with discourses of racial neoliberalism to create a seeming separation between the Confederacy and racist systems. Incorporating several methods and drawing from a range of sources-including ethnographic observations, interviews, and archival documents-Maurantonio examines the various people, objects, and rituals that contribute to this cultural balancing act. Her investigation takes in "official" modes of remembering the Confederacy, such as the monuments and building names that drive the discussion today, but it also pays attention to the more mundane and often subtle ways in which the Confederacy is recalled. Linking the different modes of commemoration, her work bridges the distance that believers in Confederate exceptionalism maintain; while situated in history from the Civil War through the civil rights era, the book brings much-needed clarity to the constitution, persistence, and significance of this divisive myth in the context of our time.

The Totalitarian State of America - A Critique of American Government (Paperback): Stratton J Davis The Totalitarian State of America - A Critique of American Government (Paperback)
Stratton J Davis; Germinal G Van
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Carnage - On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump (Paperback): Tim Alberta American Carnage - On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump (Paperback)
Tim Alberta
R480 R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Save R41 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

New York Times' Top Books of 2019 Politico Magazine's chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider's look at the making of the modern Republican Party-how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents: Donald J. Trump. The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in American Carnage, to understand Trump's victory is to view him not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence. American Carnage is the story of a president's rise based on a country's evolution and a party's collapse. As George W. Bush left office with record-low approval ratings and Barack Obama led a Democratic takeover of Washington, Republicans faced a moment of reckoning: They had no vision, no generation of new leaders, and no energy in the party's base. Yet Obama's forceful pursuit of his progressive agenda, coupled with the nation's rapidly changing cultural and demographic landscape, lit a fire under the right, returning Republicans to power and inviting a bloody struggle for the party's identity in the post-Bush era. The factions that emerged-one led by absolutists like Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz, the other led by pragmatists like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell-engaged in a series of devastating internecine clashes and attempted coups for control. With the GOP's internal fissures rendering it legislatively impotent, and that impotence fueling a growing resentment toward the political class and its institutions, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. When Trump descended a gilded escalator to announce his run in the summer of 2015, the candidate had met the moment. Only by viewing Trump as the culmination of a decade-long civil war inside the Republican Party-and of the parallel sense of cultural, socioeconomic, and technological disruption during that period-can we appreciate how he won the White House and consider the fundamental questions at the center of America's current turmoil. How did a party obsessed with the national debt vote for trillion-dollar deficits and record-setting spending increases? How did the party of compassionate conservatism become the party of Muslim bans and walls? How did the party of family values elect a thrice-divorced philanderer? And, most important, how long can such a party survive? Loaded with exclusive reporting and based off hundreds of interviews-including with key players such as President Trump, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Jim DeMint, and Reince Priebus, and many others-American Carnage takes us behind the scenes of this tumultuous period as we've never seen it before and establishes Tim Alberta as the premier chronicler of this political era.

George Orwell. please come home - The Animals have escaped the barnyard (Paperback): James Oshust George Orwell. please come home - The Animals have escaped the barnyard (Paperback)
James Oshust
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Utah's Secret Combinations 2022 Edition (Paperback): Defending Utah Utah's Secret Combinations 2022 Edition (Paperback)
Defending Utah
R461 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Why Liberals Are Assholes - And What Reasonable People Must Do About It (Paperback): Noam Deguerre Why Liberals Are Assholes - And What Reasonable People Must Do About It (Paperback)
Noam Deguerre
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Diary of a Secret Tory MP (Hardcover): The Secret Tory Mp The Diary of a Secret Tory MP (Hardcover)
The Secret Tory Mp
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The long-awaited diary from Whitehall's most scandalous MP... From Brexit to Covid, parties to pig culling, the Conservative government has lurched from crisis to crisis. With a front-row seat on the, erm, backbenches, the Secret Tory MP has picked up on all the petty rivalries, bad decision-making and scandalous affairs that Whitehall has to offer. And he's got no qualms about sharing it. All. Join the mystery MP as he drunk-texts Liz Truss after a crate of WKD, accompanies Jacob Rees-Mogg (and his kids) to picket a foodbank, takes on the French in the 'Trawler Wars', and euthanises Rishi Sunak's dog - and that's just October. The Diary of a Secret Tory MP is an outrageous spoof of the classic political journal that pulls back the Lulu Lytle curtains to expose extraordinary goings-on at Westminster across a tumultuous twelve months.

The Fortunate - Ten great writers highlight how we created free and affluent societies (Paperback): Peter Fenwick The Fortunate - Ten great writers highlight how we created free and affluent societies (Paperback)
Peter Fenwick
R744 R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Save R93 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Empire of Direct Mail - How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots (Paperback): Takahito... Empire of Direct Mail - How Conservative Marketing Persuaded Voters and Transformed the Grassroots (Paperback)
Takahito Moriyama
R1,192 R994 Discovery Miles 9 940 Save R198 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rapid growth of the conservative movement has long fascinated historians, many of whom have focused on the grassroots efforts in the Sunbelt. Empire of Direct Mail examines how conservative operatives got their message out to their supporters through computerized direct mail, a significant but understudied communications technology. The story centers on Richard Viguerie, a pioneer of political direct mail who was known as the "Funding Father" of the conservative movement. His consulting firm established a database of conservative prospects and mailed millions of unsolicited letters. By the 1970s, Viguerie emerged as the central fundraiser in conservative politics, financing right-wing organizations and politicians such as George Wallace, Jesse Helms, and Ronald Reagan. Moriyama shows that the rise of right-wing direct mail communication in the postwar years coincided with a new strategy: the use of this new technology to stoke negative emotions, such as fury and fear, among the letter recipients. In the period of broadcasting, conservative fundraisers established the new approach of targeting individual voters and promoting negative emotions to win elections. Before Rush Limbaugh's talk show, Fox News, Twitter, and Cambridge Analytica, conservatives used direct mail to spread messages of anxiety and anger to raise funds and mobilize the grassroots. Through extensive archival research of fundraising activities in the conservative movement and key elections from 1950 to 1980, Empire of Direct Mail offers a political history of the role played by communications technology in the development of modern US conservatism.

Faking the News - What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump (Paperback): Ryan Skinnell Faking the News - What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump (Paperback)
Ryan Skinnell
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Wildland - The Making of America's Fury (Paperback): Evan Osnos Wildland - The Making of America's Fury (Paperback)
Evan Osnos
R526 R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Ranting of an Uneducated Reactionary (Paperback): Oscar Phillips The Ranting of an Uneducated Reactionary (Paperback)
Oscar Phillips
R687 R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Save R35 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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