Anger, Fear, Domination

“Of the many crisis books published over the last decade assessing the malignant political and moral climate degrading liberal democracy, there is nothing like this one. Galston has a rare, capacious mind. This book is a defense of liberal democracy written in a different voice that goes far in explaining us to ourselves.”—Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Government and Politics Emerita, Harvard University, and coauthor of Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos “Our dark political times require us to understand what Galson calls ‘dark political passions’: anger, resentment, humiliation, fear, and the urge to dominate. Recalling the insights of classical political thought, this short but profound book explains how these passions can be exploited by demagogues or tamed by liberal statesmen.”—R. Shep Melnick, Tip O’Neill Professor of American Politics, Boston College “Anger, Fear, Domination is a brilliant work by one of America’s most distinguished public intellectuals. William Galston has written a book that’s eloquent, engaging, psychologically sophisticated and politically fascinating. Dark passions have been unleashed in America; if you want to know why, and what to do to overcome them, this book is for you.”—Peter Wehner, author of The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump