{"product_id":"the-decadent-society-9781476785257","title":"The Decadent Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist a stimulating portrait of how our turbulent age is defined by dark forces seemingly beyond our control. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clever and stimulating . . . Informative and well balanced . . . [An] intriguing theological-political idea.” —\u003cb\u003eMark Lilla, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Well-timed . . . This is a young man’s book. Douthat can see our sclerotic institutions clearly because his vision is not distorted by out-of-date memories from a more functional era. . . . Charming and persuasive.\" —\u003cb\u003ePeter Thiel for \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A scintillating diagnosis of social dysfunctions . . . His analysis is full of shrewd insights couched in elegant, biting prose. . . . The result is a trenchant and stimulating take on latter-day discontents.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ross Douthat is the rare pundit who has managed to keep his head through the ideological turbulence of recent times — and his new book grows out of his characteristic equanimity and good sense.” —\u003cb\u003eDamon Linker, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Douthat’s best book yet, a work of deep cultural analysis, elegantly written and offering provocative thoughts on almost every page. It’s hard to think of a current book that is as insightful about the way we live now as is this one.” —\u003cb\u003eRod Dreher, \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is a testament to [Douthat's] singular skill and wisdom, then, that he has written so thoughtful and compelling a book that bemoans the end of progress. \u003ci\u003eThe Decadent Society\u003c\/i\u003e is Douthat at his best—clever, considered, counterintuitive, and shot through with insight about modern America.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Free Beacon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A convincing argument.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe National Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A substantial book by one of the more serious people in American public life today, \u003ci\u003eThe Decadent Society\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a wide readership.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious and entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e —Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530724647255,"sku":"9781476785257","price":15.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476785257.jpg?v=1731880309","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-decadent-society-9781476785257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}