{"title":"Daniel Mahoney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Mahoney\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into the complexities of political ideology and contemporary thought, challenging prevailing narratives with sharp analysis. His work offers a deep examination of cultural and political dynamics, making it essential reading for those interested in the forces shaping society today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful reflections on ideology, power structures, and current affairs, presented with intellectual rigor and clarity. Mahoney’s writing invites thoughtful engagement with some of the most pressing issues in politics and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-the-ideological-lie-by-daniel-j-mahoney-9781641773737","title":"The Persistence of the Ideological Lie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ideological Lie, as Solzhenitsyn calls it, was born when modern revolutionaries replaced the age-old distinction between good and evil with the illusory distinction between progress and reaction. In the name of progress, evil was called goodness, and goodness in the form of wise restraint was labelled evil, backward, racist, colonialist, sexist, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacobinism, Marxism-Leninism, National Socialism, Progressive Democracy, the New Left, and now the new woke dispensation have all iterated upon this central conceit. Their adherents were all frenziedly preoccupied with being on \"the right side of history\"—the side of \"progress.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Ideological Lie\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Mahoney chronicles each manifestation of the Ideological Lie, up to and including contemporary wokeism. He explains how each is marked by the same errors: impatience with piecemeal reform, contempt for self-limiting constitutional order, and the belief that people are guilty for their immutable characteristics—belonging to the wrong class or race—rather than for their actions. He shows how the woke, moved by self-loathing and a disdain for our civic inheritance, are transmuting our so-called democracy into a new form of despotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMahoney ultimately argues that our failure to learn from the totalitarian tragedy of the twentieth century allowed the ideological virus to metastasise in new and alarming ways. Above all, he takes aim at the omnipresent \"culture of repudiation,\" as the late Roger Scruton called it, and elucidates multiple paths for overcoming the ideological clichés that continue to deform intellectual and political life today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933332029676,"sku":"9781641773737","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781641773737-the-persistence-of-the-ideological-lie.jpg?v=1783867027"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/daniel-mahoney.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}