Death of the Liberal Class, Chris Hedges
Death of the Liberal Class, Chris Hedges
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Death of the Liberal Class

Author: Chris Hedges

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/19/2010

Synopsis

The liberal class plays a vital role in a democracy, and posits itself as the conscience of the nation. It permits us to define ourselves as a good and noble people. Most importantly, the liberal class offers a safety valve for popular frustrations and discontentment by discrediting those who talk of profound structural change. Once this class loses its role, then democracy breaks down and the liberal class becomes an object of ridicule and hatred. The Death of the Liberal Class examines the failure of the liberal class to confront the rise of the corporate state and the consequences of a bankrupt liberalism, making the liberal class irrelevant to society at large and ultimately the corporate power elite they once served.

About Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at the Nation Institute and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of bestselling War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction. He currently writes for numerous publications, including Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and Mother Jones. A columnist for Truthdig, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

About Arthur Morey

Arthur Morey has recorded over two hundred audiobooks in history, fiction, science, business, and religion, earning a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Award nominations. He was an editor at two publishers and has taught writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed. Arthur attended Harvard and the University of Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on December 07, 2022

CSI: Democracy That piercing stench is the aroma of failure and betrayal lying in a dumpster outside a lobbyist’s condo. Chris Hedges, toting his kit, approaches the body and examines it for evidence of foul play. A uniform steps aside, giving Hedges room. He bends down and opens the surprisingly fa......more

Goodreads review by Bakari on March 20, 2022

"Death, the Liberal Class," is the first book I've read by Chris Hedges, though I've read some of his articles and heard a few of his speeches on YouTube. Though I agree with much of what he has to say, I'm very irritated by some of his analysis and approach addressing the problems he writes about.......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 02, 2011

How can someone get 95% of a book so right and get the rest so wrong? I really liked most of this book. It's a great work for anyone that wants to understand the outrage that has kindled movements like Occupy Wall Street. Piece by piece Hedges indites the liberal institutions that are supposed to mak......more

Goodreads review by W.D. on September 06, 2021

The news is grim […] But reality is rarely an impediment to human folly.Except for when deciding whether or not to read a particular book at all, I generally read other folks' reviews after having finished rather than before I begin to read, but this time for some reason I peeked at the......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on October 20, 2021

"The human race is about to be abruptly reminded of the fragility of life and the danger of hubris. Those who exploit human beings and nature are bound to an irrational lust for power and money that is leading to collective suicide"......more

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