Description
Book SynopsisMicah J. Fleck is an anthropologist and neuro researcher whose writings cover various topics including the learning brain, the development of political populism, gender, and societal implications of scientific studies. He holds degrees from Columbia University and Harvard University, USA and is currently senior writer and editor at
The Trans Muse Planet. He is also the author of
Anthropology for Beginners.
Trade ReviewA unique, sophisticated, and surprising analysis of contemporary right-wing/libertarian populism in the United States. Fleck pushes anthropology in important new directions to consider the long-term relationship between today’s (false or mutated) libertarianism and race, class, and the late-capitalist status quo and, most unexpectedly, the kinship between classical liberalism and classical socialism—both of which are misunderstood and maligned by conservative populists. * Jack David Eller, anthropologist, author of Trump and Political Theology: Unmaking Truth and Democracy and editor of The Anthropology of Trump: Culture and the Exceptional Moment *
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Of Realizations and Distortions Part One: Populism in Theory and Practice 1. Populist Logic and Anti-Politics 2. The Manufactured Antagonist 3. When Populism Meets Ideology Part Two: Inducing an Organic False Consciousness 4. From Radical to Classical to Neo: The Great Liberal Transformation 5. The Actual History of Libertarianism 6. Selfishness: Making Noble a Sinister Concept 7. Systematic Deadfalls Part Three: How Privileged Populism Prevails 8. When Ideology Meets Reality 9. Ignorance as Intellectualism: Confirmation Bias in the Lecture Hall 10. New Spins on Old, Misguided Hatreds Conclusion: Salvaging the Revolutionary Spirit
