The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies
Examines how liberal democracies can adopt totalitarian patterns through ideology, conformity, and expanding state influence.
About This Book
The book explores the ideological and institutional pressures that can push free societies toward authoritarian tendencies.
It draws on the author's experience in post-communist Poland to compare liberal democracy with earlier totalitarian systems.
The analysis focuses on shared features such as ideological conformity, suppression of dissent, and the expansion of state power.
Legutko argues that these patterns emerge not only from overt coercion but also from cultural and political norms within democratic systems.
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