LEADER 04542cam 2200601 i 4500001 on1137807208 003 OCoLC 005 20200624142903.2 008 200407t20202020nyu b 000 0 eng 010 2020003180 019 1155520824 020 9780593188934 |qhardcover 020 0593188934 |qhardcover 020 |z9780593188941 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) 40030022386 035 40030022386 035 (OCoLC)1137807208 |z(OCoLC)1155520824 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dFMG |dW6V |dGL4 |dWIO |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 04 E912 |b.G48 2020 082 00 973.933 |223 100 1 Gessen, Masha, |eauthor. |=^A1268473 245 10 Surviving autocracy / |cMasha Gessen. 264 1 New York : |bRiverhead Books, |c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 xvi, 270 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 What do we call it? -- Waiting for the Reichstag fire -- The Styrofoam president -- We could call it a kakistocracy -- We could call it corruption -- We could call it aspirational autocracy -- We could pretend he is an alien, or call it the government of destruction -- The death of dignity -- Mueller did not save us -- Institutions have not saved us -- Words have meaning, or they ought to -- The power lie -- The tweet trap -- Normalization is (almost) unavoidable -- Resisting Trump's war on the media -- How politics dies -- A white male supremacist president -- "Throwing off the mask of hypocrisy" -- The antipolitics of fear -- Confronting civil society -- The power of moral authority -- Who is "us"? And who are we? 520 "An analysis of the destruction the Trump administration has waged on our institutions, the cultural norms we hoped would save us, and our very sense of identity"-- |cProvided by publisher. 520 In the run-up to the 2016 election, Masha Gessen stood out from other journalists for the ability to convey the ominous significance of Donald Trump's speech and behavior, unprecedented in a national candidate. Within forty-eight hours of his victory, the essay "Autocracy: Rules for Survival" had gone viral, and Gessen's coverage of his norm-smashing presidency became essential reading for a citizenry struggling to wrap their heads around the unimaginable. Thanks to the special perspective that is the legacy of a Soviet childhood and two decades covering the resurgence of totalitarianism in Russia, Gessen has a sixth sense for signs of autocracy--and the unique cross-cultural fluency to delineate its emergence to Americans. This incisive book provides an indispensable overview of the calamitous trajectory of the past few years. Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and the cultural norms we hoped would save us but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us, from a people who saw ourselves as a nation of immigrants to a populace haggling over a border wall, heirs to a degraded sense of truth, meaning, and possibility. Surviving Autocracy is an inventory of ravages but also a beacon to recovery--or to enduring, and resisting, an ongoing assault. 600 10 Trump, Donald, |d1946- |xInfluence. |=^A239377 600 17 Trump, Donald, |d1946- |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00174117 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 Authoritarianism |zUnited States. |=^A2405 650 0 Dictatorship |zUnited States. |=^A357823 650 0 Political culture |zUnited States. |=^A231680 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |y2017-2021 |=^A1327973 650 7 Authoritarianism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00821640 650 7 Dictatorship. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00892878 650 7 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 Political culture. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01069263 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 Since 2017 |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version:Gessen, Masha. |tSurviving autocracy. |dNew York : Riverhead Books, 2020 |z9780593188941 |w(DLC) 2020003181 949 |i30372017369213 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s26.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5498244