What were we thinking: a brief intellectual history of the Trump era
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description
As a book critic for The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada has read some 150 volumes claiming to diagnose why Trump was elected and what his presidency reveals about our nation. Many of these, he's found, are more defensive than incisive, more righteous than right. Here, Lozada uses these books to tell the story of how we understand ourselves in the Trump era, using as his main characters the political ideas and debates at play in America today. He dissects works on the white working class like Hillbilly Elegy; manifestos from the anti-Trump resistance like On Tyranny and No Is Not Enough; books on race, gender, and identity like How to Be an Antiracist and Good and Mad; polemics on the future of the conservative movement like The Corrosion of Conservatism; and of course plenty of books about Trump himself. Lozada's argument is provocative: that many of these books'whether written by liberals or conservatives, activists or academics, Trump's true believers or his harshest critics'are vulnerable to the same blind spots, resentments, and failures that gave us his presidency. But Lozada also highlights the books that succeed in illuminating how America is changing in the 21st century. An intellectual history of the Trump era in real time, this book helps us transcend the battles of the moment and see ourselves for who we really are.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Books and reading
Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 21st century
History
Influence
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Political culture
Political culture -- United States -- History
Politics
Politics and government
Trump, Donald
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Bibliography
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Influence
United States -- Intellectual life
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 21st century
History
Influence
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Political culture
Political culture -- United States -- History
Politics
Politics and government
Trump, Donald
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Bibliography
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Influence
United States -- Intellectual life
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
More Details
ISBN:
9781982145620
9781797118376
9781797118376
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | a25b7673-5f70-a41f-0990-3f58e131b95c |
---|---|
Grouping Title | what were we thinking a brief intellectual history of the trump era |
Grouping Author | carlos lozada |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-28 05:29:47AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-28 02:40:18AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Lozada, Carlos
author_display
Lozada, Carlos
available_at_catalog
Colonial Heights
Galt
North Natomas
Galt
North Natomas
detailed_location_catalog
Central
Colonial Heights
Galt
North Highlands-Antelope
North Natomas
Colonial Heights
Galt
North Highlands-Antelope
North Natomas
display_description
As a book critic for The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada has read some 150 volumes claiming to diagnose why Trump was elected and what his presidency reveals about our nation. Many of these, he's found, are more defensive than incisive, more righteous than right. Here, Lozada uses these books to tell the story of how we understand ourselves in the Trump era, using as his main characters the political ideas and debates at play in America today. He dissects works on the white working class like Hillbilly Elegy; manifestos from the anti-Trump resistance like On Tyranny and No Is Not Enough; books on race, gender, and identity like How to Be an Antiracist and Good and Mad; polemics on the future of the conservative movement like The Corrosion of Conservatism; and of course plenty of books about Trump himself. Lozada's argument is provocative: that many of these books'whether written by liberals or conservatives, activists or academics, Trump's true believers or his harshest critics'are vulnerable to the same blind spots, resentments, and failures that gave us his presidency. But Lozada also highlights the books that succeed in illuminating how America is changing in the 21st century. An intellectual history of the Trump era in real time, this book helps us transcend the battles of the moment and see ourselves for who we really are.
format_catalog
Book
eAudiobook
eAudiobook
format_category_catalog
Audio Books
Books
eBook
Books
eBook
id
a25b7673-5f70-a41f-0990-3f58e131b95c
isbn
9781797118376
9781982145620
9781982145620
itype_catalog
Adult Book Non-Fiction
Adult Fiction
Adult Fiction
last_indexed
2024-03-28T09:40:18.764Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
320.520973 L925 2020
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Central
Colonial Heights
Galt
North Highlands-Antelope
North Natomas
Colonial Heights
Galt
North Highlands-Antelope
North Natomas
primary_isbn
9781982145620
publishDate
2020
publisher
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster Audio
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Political culture -- United States -- History
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Bibliography
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Influence
United States -- Intellectual life
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
Political culture -- United States -- History
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Bibliography
Trump, Donald, -- 1946- -- Influence
United States -- Intellectual life
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
title_display
What were we thinking : a brief intellectual history of the Trump era
title_full
What Were We Thinking A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era
What were we thinking : a brief intellectual history of the Trump era / Carlos Lozada
What were we thinking : a brief intellectual history of the Trump era / Carlos Lozada
title_short
What were we thinking
title_sub
a brief intellectual history of the Trump era
topic_facet
Books and reading
History
Influence
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Political culture
Politics
Politics and government
Trump, Donald
History
Influence
Intellectual life
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Political culture
Politics
Politics and government
Trump, Donald
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874707 | North Natomas | 320.520973 L925 2020 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | nntag | |||||
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874677 | Central | 320.520973 L925 2020 | 1 | false | false | Due Mar 27, 2024 | cenag | |||||
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874719 | Colonial Heights | 320.520973 L925 2020 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | chsag | |||||
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874689 | Galt | 320.520973 L925 2020 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | galag | |||||
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874690 | North Highlands-Antelope | 320.520973 L925 2020 | 1 | false | false | In Transit | nhiag | |||||
ils:.b26393918 | .i83797786 | Woodland Public Library | 973.933 Loz 2020 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | wdpa | |||||
overdrive:d7b30979-43ef-4d5f-9d48-a23f2e73603c | -2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Checked Out |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b26393918 | Book | Books | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition | English | Simon & Schuster | 2020 | 260 pages ; 22 cm | |
overdrive:d7b30979-43ef-4d5f-9d48-a23f2e73603c | eAudiobook | Audio Books | English | Simon & Schuster Audio | 2020 |
scoping_details_catalog
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874707 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874677 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874719 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874689 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
ils:.b26393918 | .i83874690 | In Transit | In Transit | false | false | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 | |
ils:.b26393918 | .i83797786 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 69, 70, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | ||
overdrive:d7b30979-43ef-4d5f-9d48-a23f2e73603c | -2 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false |