{"product_id":"what-were-we-thinking-carlos-lozada-9781982145620","title":"What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic uses the books of the Trump era to argue that our response to this presidency reflects the same failures of imagination that made it possible. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a book critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Carlos Lozada has read some 150 volumes claiming to diagnose why Trump was elected and what his presidency reveals about our nation. Many of these, he's found, are more defensive than incisive, more righteous than right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat Were We Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, Lozada uses these books to tell the story of how we understand ourselves in the Trump era, using as his main characters the political ideas and debates at play in America today. He dissects works on the white working class like \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e; manifestos from the anti-Trump resistance like \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e; books on race, gender, and identity like \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad\u003c\/i\u003e; polemics on the future of the conservative movement like \u003ci\u003eThe Corrosion of Conservatism\u003c\/i\u003e; and of course plenty of books about Trump himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLozada's argument is provocative: that many of these books--whether written by liberals or conservatives, activists or academics, Trump's true believers or his harshest critics--are vulnerable to the same blind spots, resentments, and failures that gave us his presidency. But Lozada also highlights the books that succeed in illuminating how America is changing in the 21st century. \u003ci\u003eWhat Were We Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectual history of the Trump era in real time, helping us transcend the battles of the moment and see ourselves for who we really are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Lozada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982145625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982145620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2020","brand":"Carlos Lozada","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051708641535,"sku":"9781982145620","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d994fd3d-ae4f-4397-9ca8-e3b94fbcb481.jpg?v=1685014708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-were-we-thinking-carlos-lozada-9781982145620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}