

Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump
Author: Aaron James
Narrator: Arthur Morey
Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 05/03/2016
Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Psychology, Personality, Political Science, Political Process
Synopsis
Enter the philosopher Aaron James, author of the foundational text in the burgeoning field of Asshole Studies: the bestselling Assholes: A Theory. In this brisk and trenchant inquiry into the phenomenon that is Donald Trump, James places the man firmly in the typology of the asshole (takes every advantage, entrenched sense of entitlement, immune to criticism); considers whether, in the Hobbesian world we seem to inhabit, he might not somehow be a force for good—i.e., the Stronger Asshole; and offers a suggestion for how the bonds of our social contract, spectacularly broken by Trump’s (and Ted Cruz’s) disdain for democratic civility, might in time be repaired.
You will never think about Donald Trump and his Art of the Deal the same way after reading this book. And, like it or not, think about him we must.