Christopher Favrot Arndt

The Right's Road to Serfdom: The Danger of Conservatism Unbound (eBook, ePUB)

From Hayek to Trump

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Some political commentators have started to say that the American Right acts on its id, not on its ego of "principled" conservatism. But what does this mean? In The Right's Road to Serfdom, first-time author Christopher F. Arndt unpacks the riddle. The conservatism that drives the American Right today prizes strong, authoritarian leaders who promise get-tough plans to vanquish problems such as immigration, terrorism, and middle-class stagnation. This focus on temperament rather than on individual liberty, pluralism, and free expression runs counter to the political philosophy of freedom that many conservatives believe they espouse. With the aid of F. A. Hayek, a surprising conservative critic, Arndt reveals four qualities that animate the American Right. These characteristics, which tend against political freedom, are often misunderstood and promoted as political freedom. Arndt calls the promotion of this misconception the "freedom fraud." He offers a Rosetta Stone for the American Right, a valuable guide to contemporary conservative actions and a clear explanation of how the "Party of Liberty" ended up with Donald Trump as its standard-bearer in 2016.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bulkington Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780997807226
• Artikelnr.: 49423181

Autorenporträt

Christopher Arndt's first career was as an Equity Analyst and a Partner at Select Equity Group, Inc., a New York-based asset management firm. After contributing to the significant growth of the firm, he left in 2010 to focus on public policy issues, such as accelerating the adoption of clean energy. He was the Director of the New York Chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and currently serves on the board of the NRDC Action Fund. Mr. Arndt attended Wesleyan University from which he graduated with honors from the College of Social Studies concentrating in economics, history and political theory. He now lives in Telluride, Colorado with his wife Patty and his two children, Alden and Graham. The Right's Road to Serfdom is his first book.