Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-06
Books mentioned on Best Of: Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe
Mentioned: War on Sacred Grounds by Ron E. Hassner, The Only Networking Book You Will Need by The Only Networking Book You Will Need, Everything I Know about Story Telling, Spin Dictators by Sergei Guriev and others, and The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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War on Sacred Grounds
Discussed“and again with Ron inglehart I wrote a book on that sacred and secular and as increasing security came about so religion no longer seem to be as important in people's lives”
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The Only Networking Book You Will Need
Discussed“When I was reading your book though uh another word was used in passing disorientation and I've been thinking a lot about that word”
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Everything I Know about Story Telling
Discussed“but in your data and telling something happens around 2010 that is like a a step change in the success of this populist authoritarian tendency”
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Spin Dictators
Spin Dictators by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman is an illuminating exploration of the changing face of tyranny and political manipulation in the twenty-first century.
Recommended“second book which Builds on that is another good book by Serge gorov and Daniel triman and the book is called spin dictators and it's about the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century”
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a classic historical and political study examining the psychosocial conditions, social atomization, and rise of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes.
Recommended“and the last book is a classic it's not a modern study but I think we now need to go back to read Haren Anna arant and we need to read the origins of totalitarianism”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Silent Spring
“and again it was a small group with the Silent Spring it was a small group who was concerned about Recycling and very very minor support for green parties who were often not able to break into parliament in the 60s and 70s”