{"product_id":"donald-trump-in-historical-perspective-9780367626976","title":"Donald Trump in Historical Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDonald Trump in Historical Perspective: Dead Precedents\u003c\/em\u003eis a collection ofchapters that utilizes the thinking of historians, philosophers, and political scientists to explore historical parallels to the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the 45\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e President of the United States of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection provides an extensive analysis on the ways Trump's impulsiveness, breaking of norms, and disregard for longstanding democratic pieties, caused him to represent a definitive end to the American century, an era when American self-confidence, steadiness, and leadership, even in the face of titanic challenges, were almost universally taken for granted. Yet this book also argues how in the longer sweep of history, Trump is a familiar figure in the turbulent life of democracies. These in-depthchaptersreveal the ways Trump represents the anti-institutionalist, the populist demagogue, the would-be authoritarian who exploits electoral and political vulnerabilities to gai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: History's Rhymes, 2. Plutarch and the precedents for \u003ci\u003eDead Precedents, \u003c\/i\u003e3. The Politics of Anger: Donald Trump and Cleon of Athens, 4. Plato's Tyrannical Soul and Donald Trump's (In)authentic Leadership, 5. Politics as Theater: Trump and Machiavelli’s Political Actors, 6. Populism from Above: Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and the Politics of White Vengeance, 7. Idols of Consumption: From Mussolini to Trump, 8. Donald Trump, Mao Zedong and Religious Anti-Intellectualism, 9. From Dog Whistles to Fog Horns: Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and Their Silent Majorities, 10. Conclusion: In the Twilight of Trump’s Idols \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017985524055,"sku":"9780367626976","price":121.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367626976.jpg?v=1750775274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/donald-trump-in-historical-perspective-9780367626976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}