Applebaum, Anne: Twilight of Democracy

Dieses Buch ist eine herausragende und tiefgründige Auseinandersetzung mit den politischen Ideologien und absolut empfehlenswert. Die Qualität der Recherche und die Tiefe der Analyse machen es zu einem Meilenstein in diesem Genre.

Dieses Buch ist ein absolut großartiges und tiefgründiges Werk, das die Komplexität der politischen Ideologien hervorragend beleuchtet. Die Analyse ist brillant und bietet eine unvergessliche Lektüre.

Toll!

This is by any means a very personal book. Whatever is told here, it is the personal experience of someone who is a member of "the" elite. Married to a former polish secretary of state and a historian. Politically probably center-left, which already translated into "left" for some people.Whatever you may think of it - if you are a fan of Brexit, the AfD, Orban and Trump, you will not like the book.For everybody more open: have a read.To me it was a good read, as she expressed and explained things I sensed as well: that certain friends and companions I had went into a political direction which is not mine.In most cases this leaves you speechless - like the ones who argued furiously about Brexit or the Refugee Crisis in Germany.I was in both cases puzzled by the emotions and the fury of the debates and what anger was underlying any debate.If you see the world from the perspective of a liberal (and no, not in the US sense "liberal = left", but somebody who expects political debates to be civil, based on rationality and without anger and fury, you will probably sense what the author sensed:Our world has changed.15 years ago someone like Trump as president would have been a silly joke or the fact that a man like Farage is able to present himself as man of the people.

Applebaum is a sage. Trust her.