Death by a thousand cuts: neuropolitics, thymos, and the slow demise of democracy

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Theories of Democratic Breakdown -- Chapter Two: The Psychopathology of Dictatorship -- Chapter Three: Dictators 1919-1945 -- Chapter Four: Dictators During the Cold War -- Chapter Five: Dictatorships and Demagogues after the Fall of the Berlin Wall -- Chapter Six: How Demagogues Get Elected - and Abuse Democracy -- Chapter Seven: The Courts, the Press, and the Dictators -- Chapter Eight: What is the Track Record of Autocratic Regimes? -- Concluding Unscientific Postscript -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index