Our own worst enemy

Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble--but who is really to blame? In this contrary and yet highly engaging account of the spread of the illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and argues that we need to defend democracy by resurrecting the virtues of altruism, compromise, stoicism, and cooperation--and by recognizing how good we've actually had it in the modern world. Adult. Unrated.