"This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.
In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence - and derail - the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as ""Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey"" and ""What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, "" The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States."
By:
Richard Hofstadter
Introduction by:
Sean Wilentz
Imprint: Vintage Books USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9780307388445
ISBN 10: 0307388441
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 10 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword by Sean Wilentz Introduction PART 1: STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN RIGHT 1. The Paranoid Style in American Politics 2. The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt—1954 3. The Pseudo-Conservatism Revisited—1965 4. Goldwater and Pseudo-Conservative Politics PART 2: SOME PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN ERA 5. Cuba, the Philippines, and Manifest Destiny 6. What Happened to the Anti-Trust Movement? 7. Free Silver and the Mind of “Coin” Harvey Acknowledgements Index
Reviews for The Paranoid Style in American Politics
-[Hofstadter's] account stands as the most balanced and authoritative analysis we have of a formidable and apparently permanent force in American politics.- --The New York Times Book Review-Hofstadter's essays . . .are calm, clear, dispassionate and devastating-a joy to read.- --Harper's-Hofstadter's status theory helps us understand a political history that goes far beyond the issues of the fifties and sixties which it was invoked to explain.- --New Republic
