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- Explores underlying shifts in values and principles of justice to help account for political preferences
- Uses Tocqueville's notion of 'self-interest well-understood' to consider the political scene in the US
- Brings together empirical analysis of presidential speeches, sitcoms, and popular music with theoretical considerations of individualism
Part of the book series: International Political Theory (IPoT)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Tocqueville self-interest
- political theory and Donald Trump
- individualism in American history
- individualism and Trump
- political theory and community
- community and Trump
- democratic theory and Trump
- self-interest in presidential speeches
- self-interest in American sitcoms
- self-interest in popular music
- selfish behaviour and America
- Tocqueville's Democracy in America
- American political crisis
- culture wars in America
- American politics
- US politics
- political leadership in America
- Donald Trump and selfishness
- American political culture
- popular culture and US politics
- democracy
Reviews
“Richard Ned Lebow provides an impressive analysis providing insight into the current state of political fragmentation and social polarization. He masterfully charts the transformation of America’s concept of self-interest based on the success of members of the community to individualism where all interests are self-interests without regard for others. The age of psychological egoism where all interest is self-interest presents a clear danger to democracy.” (Professor Robert E. Denton, Virginia Tech, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of War Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Richard Ned Lebow
About the author
Richard Ned Lebow is Professor at King’s College London, UK, and Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and author of 35 books and almost 300 peer reviewed articles and book chapters in a career spanning six decades.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics and Business of Self-Interest from Tocqueville to Trump
Authors: Richard Ned Lebow
Series Title: International Political Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68569-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68568-7Published: 30 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88622-0Published: 22 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68569-4Published: 20 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-6039
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6047
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 125
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: US Politics, Political Theory, Democracy