Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy

by Finbarr Curtis

Book Overview

Liberalism puts its trust in civil discourse and rational argument. Today, its opponents enthusiastically flout these norms, making a show of defying so-called political correctness. In the Trump era and beyond, right-wing figures delight in sheer offensiveness. What is at stake in breaking the rules of civility to "own the libs"?

Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231205732
• ISBN13: 9780231205733
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"