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Identity, Ignorance, Innovation - Why the old politics is useless - and what to do about it (Paperback)
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Identity, Ignorance, Innovation - Why the old politics is useless - and what to do about it (Paperback)
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'D'Ancona makes his case well... The book is well written and
thoughtful' -- The Times 'A heartfelt attempt to renew liberal
ideals for the coming decades... How sorely our public debate needs
others to express themselves similarly.' -- Henry Mance, Financial
Times 'An urgent and exhilarating account of how populism,
prejudice & polarisation have corrupted objective truth and
public discourse. D'Ancona's sparkling prose provides an
explanation of how we got here and, crucially, how we might get
out.' -- James O'Brien 'A book so rich in thought, wisdom and
persuasion I find myself sharing the ideas within it with everyone
I meet... In the much-mourned absence of Christopher Hitchens,
d'Ancona is fast becoming the voice of enlightenment for our
bewildered age.' -- Emily Maitlis 'A tonic for our times that blows
open any complacency following Trump's defeat that the demise of
populism and nativism is inevitable. In beautifully written prose,
D'Ancona puts forward hopeful ideas and timely inspiration for a
progressive politics to replace it.' -- David Lammy 'A brilliant,
lucid, fearless tract, just what the historical moment ordered.' --
Andrew O'Hagan 'D'Ancona's regular practical suggestions help to
take it beyond mere theory and into the real world...
Decision-makers would do well to read it.' -- Charlotte Henry, TLS
*** This is a call to arms. The old tools of political analysis are
obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose.
We've grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures
such as Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of the populist Right,
things will eventually go 'back to normal'. Award-winning political
writer Matthew d'Ancona invites you to think afresh: to seek new
ways of challenging political extremism, bombastic populism and
democratic torpor on both Left and Right. In this ground-breaking
book, he proposes a new way of understanding our era and plots a
way forward. With rigorous analysis, he argues that we need to
understand the world in a new way, with a framework built from the
three I's: Identity, Ignorance and Innovation.
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