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SUMMARY:Anne Applebaum: Twilight of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:\nFrom the United States and Britain to continental Europe a
nd beyond\, liberal democracy is under siege\, while authoritarianism is
on the rise. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Apple
baum chronicles this trend in her book Twilight of Democracy: The Seduct
ive Lure of Authoritarianism \;and will outline some of the book&rsq
uo\;s main themes in this presentation.\n\nInformed by her expertise in
Europe and her years of international reporting\, Applebaum was one of t
he first American journalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic tre
nds in the West and explain why elites in democracies around the world a
re turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. She contends that po
litical systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing\,
especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone els
e.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/anne_applebaum/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:From the United
States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy
is under siege, while authoritarianism is on the rise. Pulitzer Prize-wi
nning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum chronicles this trend in h
er book Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
and will outline some of the book’s main themes in this
presentation.
Informed by her expertise in Europe and her yea
rs of international reporting, Applebaum was one of the first American j
ournalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic trends in the West and
explain why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward n
ationalism and authoritarianism. She contends that political systems wit
h radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when the
y benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else.
For more de
tails: https:/
/events.la.psu.edu/event/anne_applebaum/
URL:https://democracy.psu.edu/virtual-events/
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