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The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies
Authored by Ryszard Legutko
Narrated by Liam Gerrard

0:00 Intro
0:03 Foreword
10:20 Introduction
39:25 Chapter I: History
59:11 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades—and he fought with the Polish ant–communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two decades under a liberal democracy, however, he has discovered that these two political systems have a lot more in common than one might think. They both stem from the same historical roots in early modernity, and accept similar presuppositions about history, society, religion, politics, culture, and human nature.



In The Demon in Democracy, Legutko explores the shared objectives between these two political systems, and explains how liberal democracy has over time lurched towards the same goals as communism, albeit without Soviet–style brutality.



Both systems, says Legutko, reduce human nature to that of the common man, who is led to believe himself liberated from the obligations of the past. Both the communist man and the liberal democratic man refuse to admit that there exists anything of value outside the political systems to which they pledged their loyalty. And both systems refuse to undertake any critical examination of their ideological prejudices.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ryszard Legutko is a professor of philosophy at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory. He has served as Poland's education minister, secretary of state in the chancellery of the late president Lech Kaczynski, and deputy speaker of the Senate.


Liam Gerrard is an award–winning voice artist with over ten years of experience working in every field of the voice industry, as well as a highly acclaimed stage and screen actor. A 2017 Audie Award nominee, he has narrated over thirty audiobooks in a wide range of genres and styles.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: August 22, 2017
ISBN: 9781541482203
Duration: 9 hr, 6 min
Genres: History / Europe / Eastern, History / Europe / General, History / General, Political Science / Essays, Political Science / General, Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Ideologies / General