Name: The Paranoid Style in American Politics
SKU: 66816979
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Author: Richard Hofstadter
ISBN: 9780241802007

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Author

Richard Hofstadter

Collection

Penguin Modern Classics

Year

2026

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.9x3.5 cm

ISBN13

9780241802007

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Richard Hofstadter (Author) · Penguin Classics · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Paranoid Style in American Politics"

The classic and very funny account of the dark side of American politicsThis richly enjoyable book is an unimprovable guide to the strange highways and byways of American life, written by Richard Hofstadter, the great American historian and intellectual. How is it that a country with such resources, so much space, with such a premium on education and written culture, can so quickly be reduced to a mere headless chicken by rumours, surreal conspiracy theories and the most brazen of conmen?The only hope offered by Hofstadter is that America has so often been assailed by such gusts of nonsense that we should by now be able to spot the manias, fabrications and the patently absurd rumours. There never has been a golden age of reasonably intelligent discourse. But, unfortunately, perhaps there never will be. In an era where we ourselves feel assailed by endless paranoid public statements it is comforting to read Hofstadter’s incisive refusal to see these as something new. In his discussion of famous and obscure untruths, some of which have profoundly impacted American domestic and foreign policy, he provides the antidote for the present day. ‘The Paranoid Style in American Politics’ was first published as an essay in Harper’s Magazine in late 1964 and has been argued over ever since.