Wolfe, Alan,  1942- <br/><br/>
The politics of petulance :  America in an age of immaturity / 
Alan Wolfe. 
 - ix, 210 pages :  illustration ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226555164 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Liberalism--United States.<br/>Politics, Practical--United States.<br/>Democracy--United States.<br/>Populism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC574.2.U6  / W855 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.51/30973