Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Fools, Sycophants, and Citizens

by Andrew Fiala

Book Overview

Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but what do we do when that drama becomes a reality all around us? For a country founded as an escape from British tyranny, the United States seems to have devolved into a land where tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers.

As ancient Greek philosophers warned us, chaotic tragedy unfolds in the absence of reason,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538198061
• ISBN13: 9781538198063
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"