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Barcode37821002536072
LocationMarshall District
TitleMoney, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy / Katerine Stewart.
AuthorStewart, Katherine, author.
Call No320.52 STE
CollectionAdult 300

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International Standard Book Number 9781635578546
Personal Name Stewart, Katherine, author.
Title Statement Money, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy / Katerine Stewart.
Imprint New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Physical Description 338 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- Part 1. Money. California dreaming -- A tale of two busches -- School's out forever -- The room where it happens -- Part II. Lies. The permanent emergency -- The resentment of the campus misfits -- Smashing the administrative state -- Part III. Demons. The rise of the spirit warriors -- God and man in Las Vegas -- No exit -- Exporting the counterrevolution -- Conclusion: The way forward? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary, Etc. "Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? In this deeply reported book, Katherine Stewart takes us to conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. She introduces us to reactionary Catholic activists, atheist billionaires, pseudo-Platonist intellectuals, self-appointed apostles of Jesus, disciples of Ayn Rand, women-hating opponents of "the gynocracy," pronatalists preoccupied with the dearth of white babies, Covid truthers, militia members masquerading as "concerned moms" and battalions of spirit warriors who appear to be inventing a new style of religion even as they set about attacking democracy at its foundations. Along the way, she provides a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States. She demonstrates that the movement relies on several distinct constituencies, with very different and often conflicting agendas. Stewart's reporting and comprehensive political analysis helps reframe the conversation about the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points the way forward toward a democratic future."--Amazon.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Democracy United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Right and left (Political science) United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Left-wing extremists United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Political culture United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Polarization (Social sciences) United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Right-wing extremists United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Anger Political aspects United States.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Politics and government.

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