01693cam a2200373 i 4500 112251 112251 BJBSDDR 20230411090103.0 ta 180305s2018 ilu b 001 0 eng c 9780226555164 (cloth : alk. paper) ICU/DLC eng ICU spa pcc JC574.2.U6 W855 2018 320.51/30973 23 Wolfe, Alan, 1942- author. The politics of petulance : America in an age of immaturity / Alan Wolfe. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. ix, 210 pages : illustration ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Mature liberalism -- Democracy's demagogue -- The return of mass society -- From conspiracy to irony -- Tragedy, comedy, and American democracy -- Immature democracy -- Some lessons for the future. In this book he diagnoses what led to Trump: a culture of political immaturity-one that we've seen before, most recently in the McCarthy era, and defeated before. Looking to the midcentury intellectuals who helped win that battle, Wolfe charts a strategy for our own time. Liberalism United States. Politics, Practical United States. Democracy United States. Populism United States. United States Politics and government 21st century. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB APT 2019-03-12 0 JC574.2.U6 W855 2018 00000132509 2019-03-12 00:00:00 1 2019-03-12 BK