In 2011, Lawrence Davidson founded his website, tothepointanalyses.com, as a home for his brief essays on contemporary issues touching on US domestic and foreign policy. Over the last few years, Davidson's analytic reflections on contemporary politics have garnered over six million views. Now, for the first time, these essays are collected together to form a coherent, punchy look at American Politics in 2018. Contextualized by a new prologue and new conclusion, as well as updated with new material throughout, these essays provide a cogent demonstration of the power of analytical thinking to create clear and understandable descriptions of issues that impact us all, but are most often obfuscated by propaganda, lying by omission, or other forms of distortion. For those who encounter this work, it is hoped that they will come away with a clearer, if not happier, idea of what sort of world we are all living in.
Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE: ON THE ART OF ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 2: SOME CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER ONE
ANALYSIS ONE: THE ROLE OF THE INTELLECTUAL
ANALYSIS TWO: NATIONALISM VS. CAPITALISM
ANALYSIS THREE: THE MIND OF THE POOR
ANALYSIS FOUR: FROM CHARITY TO MAYHEM
ANALYSIS FIVE: CONTEXTUALIZING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
ANALYSIS SIX: FREE CHOICE VS. MEDIA DETERMINISM
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