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How to Lose a Country

The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism
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How to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don't march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world from Eastern Europe to South... Read More
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How to Lose a Country

An urgent call to action from one of Europe's most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe - with a new foreword to the 2024 edition

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How to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don't march fully-formed into government; they creep.

Award-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world from Eastern Europe to South America, in order to arm the reader with the tools to recognise it and take action.

Weaving memoir, history, and clear-sighted argument, Temelkuran proposes alternative answers to the pressingβ€”and too often paralysingβ€”political questions of our time. How to Lose a Country is an exploration of the insidious ideas at the core of these movements and an urgent, eloquent defence of democracy.

This 2024 edition includes a new foreword by the author.

Series: Canons

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837263073

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Canons

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 212g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Ece Temelkuran is an award-winning Turkish novelist, a political thinker and a public speaker whose work has appeared in the Guardian, New York Times, Le Monde, La Stampa, New Statesman and Der Spiegel, among several international media outlets. She won the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book award for her novel Women Who Blow on Knots and the Ambassador of New Europe Award for her book Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed book How to Lose a Country and her most recent book, Together, was shortlisted for the Terzani Award in Italy. She has twice been recognised as Turkey's most read political columnist, and twice rated as one of the ten most influential people on social media (with nearly three million followers).

ecetemelkuran.net | @ETemelkuran | @ece.temelkuran

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