{"product_id":"american-manifesto-bob-garfield-9781640094611","title":"American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eDo you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don't! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy) steps, written by the cohost of WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, popular media personality Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of the mass media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarfield investigates how we've gotten to this moment when our identity is threatened by both the left and the right, when e pluribus unum is no longer a source of national pride, and why, when looking through this lens of identity, the rise of Trumpism is no surprise. Overlaying this crisis is the rise of the Facebook-Google duopoly and the filter bubble of social media, where identity is insular and immutable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut fear not! WNYC's \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e cohost Garfield has ideas about how we may counter the forces of fragmentation--the manifesto itself: six steps to take to reassemble our fractured society. A quick, fascinating read, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003eoffers not only a vision of a country in extremis, but also a plan for how to address the ways in which our democracy is imperiled. Provocative, profound, and sometimes hilariously profane, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Garfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164009461X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Bob Garfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943217430783,"sku":"9781640094611","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2295359c-5d90-4ce0-9285-efc9482c3e15.jpg?v=1681496874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-manifesto-bob-garfield-9781640094611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}