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Michael Brooks
"A brilliant critique of the Right with very sharp insight on some of the shortcomings of the Left, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to understand how dishonest actors spread their propaganda." Ana Kasparian, Host and Executive Producer of The Young TurksMichael Brooks takes on the new "Intellectual Dark Web." As the host of The Michael Brooks Show and co-host of the Majority Report, Brooks was a progressive fighter whose work brought people together from around the world. In this, his first book, he lets his understanding of the digital media environment direct his analysis of the "conservative rebels" who had taken YouTube by storm in 2018.Brooks provides a theoretically rigorous but accessible critique of the most prominent "renegades" including Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and Brett Weinstein while also examining the social, political and media environment that such rebels thrive in.
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Author
Michael Brooks
Pages
96
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Published Date
2020-04-24
ISBN
1789042313 9781789042313
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Short read and not too heady, but the late Michael Brooks doesn't talk down to you in this razor sharp criticism of the intellectual dark web. While it feels very of-the-moment to write rebuttals to the likes of a Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris, Brooks is able to impart what will surely be a long lasting message of the importance of historicism and real-world research into the online political discourse. "
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