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Five of the books that helped me understand 2018

recommended by Phil Darby

The West finds itself virtually ungovernable and pulled apart in culture wars. The rise of populisim as a backlash to the post Cold War Liberal hegemony has revealed these social cleavages to us all now. These are five of the books that helped me understand our world in 2018.

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    Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Pol
    by Christopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels

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    Forgetfulness: Making the Modern Culture of Amnesia
    by Francis O'Gorman

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    The Tribe: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity (Societas)
    by Ben Cobley

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    National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
    by Roger Eatwell & Matthew Goodwin

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    Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Vintage Classics)
    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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