The Politics of Unreason: Right Wing Extremism in America, 1790 1977 - Softcover

Lipset, Seymour Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226484572 ISBN 13: 9780226484570

Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1978

Synopsis

Traces the phenomenon of right-wing radicalism in America from 1790 to the extremism and backlash sentiments of the 1970s

About this title

About the Author:

Seymour Martin Lipset (1922-2006) was professor emeritus of sociology at George Mason University. Among his books are American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword; North American Cultures: Values and Institutions in Canada and the United States; Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics; and Rebellion in the University. He had a long-standing interest in Israel and Jewish affairs, and was past president of the Association of American Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.

Earl Raab served for thirty-five years as Executive Director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council and is currently Director of the Perlmutter Institute for Jewish Advocacy at Brandeis University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0226484572
• ISBN 13: 9780226484570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 581