{"product_id":"race-and-the-politics-of-fear","title":"Race and the Politics of Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace and the Politics of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the role of race in American political history. It takes a novel approach by using Aristotle’s theory of the mixed regime to analyze the American system. Aristotle’s mixed regime - containing elements of oligarchy and democracy - was well-known to the Founders, who used it to design the Constitution. Accordingly, American political history has unfolded as a struggle between oligarchic and democratic forces. Oligarchs have frequently used race to divide the people and maintain power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the oligarchic construction of race from its creation in the Colonial period and through a study of four major figures. James Madison helped formulate the Constitution to provide protection for the Southern oligarchies and was a founder of the Democratic-Republican party dominated by Southern interests. John C. Calhoun’s theory of the concurrent majority provided a blueprint for the South’s political strategy in the Jim Crow era. Ben Tillman redefined race primarily as a feeling as an excuse for the South’s violent oppression of the black community. Ronald Reagan retooled the traditional racist myths and made them palatable to a national audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReadable yet extensively documented, it is appropriate for general audiences and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249366389080,"sku":"9781032968513","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032968513.jpg?v=1770516034","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/race-and-the-politics-of-fear","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}