{"product_id":"chaos-and-catharsis-alexander-knepper-9780692149027","title":"Chaos and Catharsis: 15 Years of Politics, Philosophy, and Passions","description":"\"Since I was introduced to the world as an up-and-coming talent by the Herald Mail in 2004, I have been vainly pontificating on all things politics, current events, and philosophy. This retrospective anthology covers the first 15 years: highlights from my columns, essays, aphorisms, and interviews -- prior to a decisive turn away from my youthful outlook as a libertarian-minded Republican, atheist, and individualist, and toward Christianity and a more progressive perspective.Nonetheless, I don't think my thought was ever easy to classify. I got a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong over the years, too: I identified Donald Trump as the new avatar of the GOP base back in 2012. I identified the alt-right as an emerging threat to democracy back in 2010. I called out false media narratives on the so-called anti-incumbency wave of 2010, which was really an anti-moderate wave. In 2014 I warned my fellow capitalists that the income inequality issue was not going to disappear.I also, as a teenage Republican, predicted that the Iraq War would be part of a wave of democratic uprising in the Middle East that would see George W. Bush become known as the greatest president of modern times. Can't win 'em all.As a retrospective, this anthology aims to present my personal history as it happened, 'warts and all'. Even when it infuriates, I can guarantee that it will provoke, stimulate, and fascinate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Knepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692149023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692149027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chaos \u0026amp; Catharsis: 15 Years of Politics, Phil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.62d","brand":"Alexander Knepper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120062329087,"sku":"9780692149027","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85eb6464-d186-490a-9814-4c59891858d7.jpg?v=1687412350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chaos-and-catharsis-alexander-knepper-9780692149027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}