{"title":"Michael Arvanitopoulos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Arvanitopoulos\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into contemporary political phenomena, with a particular focus on the forces shaping modern governance and public discourse. His works delve into the complexities of power, ideology, and social movements, providing readers with thought-provoking analyses grounded in current affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a rigorous examination of topics such as populism and political identity, characterised by a clear and engaging style. His writing invites reflection on the undercurrents influencing today's political landscape, making his books essential for those interested in the dynamics of modern politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-phenomenology-of-trumpism-by-michael-arvanitopoulos-9781835952900","title":"A Phenomenology of Trumpism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book argues that both the Republican and Democrat political parties are responsible for the decline of democracy in the United States. It premises objective evidence of how the current political crisis in the U.S. in particular, and in the West in general, is a result of the disregard of the Greeks by the U.S. Constitution as well as the gradual withdrawal of the Classics from our educational system. The book concludes that the current state of affairs leads to a new form of totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe core argument of \u003cem\u003eA Phenomenology of Trumpism\u003c\/em\u003e is that the current political unrest in America and the West is ultimately traceable to the utter failure of Western education. The purging of the Greeks from our schools with the masquerade that was modernity, combined with a constitutional anti-intellectualism in America, has bred generations of Western citizens who cannot think. In the absence of human thought, market ideologies have enjoyed a long leash to establish as incontestable the idea that any existential proposition alternative to their own is nothing but an arrogant desire to redesign life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn our “Age of Trumpism,” where President Trump is summoned to check uncritical progressivism, and where technoligarchs have availed themselves to either side, stupefied electorates must choose from either a preanthropic or a metanthropic future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the absence of any anthropic constancy, either one of the alternatives is served by unfettered encroaching technologies that entail forms of totalitarianism as never before. It may be already too late, this book argues, but to bring back human thought towards the possibility of democracy and freedom, is to assess our situation out of Heidegger’s phenomenology and the metaphysical objectivity of Greek tragic art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650529870060,"sku":"9781835952900","price":34.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781835952900-a-phenomenology-of-trumpism.jpg?v=1779325467"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/michael-arvanitopoulos.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}