Fritz Stern Lecture

The Roots of American Authoritarianism

The United States has long been associated with liberal principles, but the nation has also nurtured deep pockets of authoritarianism. With a broad angle of vision across the past century, Lisa McGirr teases out the leaders, movements, and regional strongholds of American authoritarian tendencies. She excavates the historical conditions that have fueled these movements, arguing that the growing power of authoritarianism within the Republican Party and the White House today poses an urgent threat to the United States as a pluralist democracy.

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