Paranoid Style in American Politics

by Richard Hofstadter

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"The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a vast' or gigantic' conspiracy as the "motive force" in historical events...The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms--he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization." --From the book
  • ISBN10 0394703855
  • ISBN13 9780394703855
  • Publish Date 25 October 1973 (first published November 1966)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 18 October 2003
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English