Identity, Ignorance, Innovation TPB

´An urgent and exhilarating account of how populism, prejudice & polarisation have corrupted objective truth and public discourse. D´Ancona´s sparkling prose provides an explanation of how we got here and, crucially, how we might get out.´ -- James O´Brien ´A book so rich in thought, wisdom and persuasion I find myself sharing the ideas within it with everyone I meet... In the much-mourned absence of Christopher Hitchens, d´Ancona is fast becoming the voice of enlightenment for our bewildered age.´ -- Emily Maitlis ´A tonic for our times that blows open any complacency following Trump´s defeat that the demise of populism and nativism is inevitable. In beautifully written prose, D´Ancona puts forward hopeful ideas and timely inspiration for a progressive politics to replace it.´ -- David Lammy *** This is a call to arms. The old tools of political analysis are obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose. We´ve grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures such as Brexit, the pandemic, and the rise of the populist Right, things will eventually go ´back to normal´. Award-winning political writer Matthew d´Ancona invites you to think afresh: to seek new ways of challenging political extremism, bombastic populism and democratic torpor on both Left and Right. In this ground-breaking book, he proposes a new way of understanding our era and plots a way forward. With rigorous analysis, he argues that we need to understand the world in a new way, with a framework built from the three I´s: Identity, Ignorance and Innovation.