Anger, fear, domination : dark passions and the power of political speech
(2025)
Nonfiction
Book
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PUBLISHED
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2025]
DESCRIPTION
viii, 161 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780300282290, 030028229X, 9780300282290
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Role of the Passions in Democratic Politics -- One: The Multiple Vulnerabilities of Liberal Democracy -- Two: Liberalism and the Dark Passions -- Part II. An Anatomy of Dark Passions -- Three: Anger, Humiliation, and Resentment -- Four: Fear and Its Family -- Five: The Drive for Domination -- Part III. Dark Passions and Democratic Rhetoric -- Six: Politics as Persuasive Speech -- Seven: How Political Speech Can Arouse-or Tame-the Dark Passions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A