The Dying Citizen - How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying

"Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the 'citizen' is historically rare -- and was among America's most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the forces that led to this crisis. The evisceration of the middle class has made many Americans dependent on the federal government. Open borders have undermined allegiance to a particular place. Identity politics have eradicated our collective civic sense of self. And a top-heavy state has endangered personal liberty. With a new afterword that assesses how the events of 2021 have further eroded American citizenship, The Dying Citizen is a clarion call to rebuild our collective national identity."--Back cover.

About the author

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of over two dozen books, including A War Like No Other, The Second World Wars, The Case for Trump, and The End of Everything. He lives in Selma, California.

Summary

The New York Times-bestselling “tour de force on the history, rights and responsibilities of modern citizenship” and the forces that are undermining it in America today (Rep. Devin Nunes)

Foreword

The New York Times-bestselling “tour de force on the history, rights and responsibilities of modern citizenship” and the forces that are undermining it in America today (Rep. Devin Nunes)

Product details

• Authors: Victor D Hanson, Victor Davis Hanson
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2022
• EAN: 9781541647558
• ISBN: 978-1-5416-4755-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies