The Irrational in Politics

by Maurice Brinton

Brinton argues that our political perceptions have been conditioned by social and sexual patterns to reinforce the dominant ideology, which results in both a need for authority and an inhibition of autonomous thought. "A brilliant summary of the underlying causes of the irrational in public life."-- Our Generation

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

72 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Christopher Agamemnon Pallis (2 December 1923, Bombay – 10 March 2005, London) was an Anglo-Greek neurologist and libertarian socialist intellectual. Under the pen-names Martin Grainger and Maurice Brinton, he wrote and translated for the British group Solidarity from 1960 until the early 1980s. As a neurologist, he produced the accepted criteria for brainstem death, and wrote the entry on death for Encyclopædia Britannica.[1]

1. Goodaway, David; Lewis, Paul (24 March 2005). "Obituary: Christopher Pallis (Maurice Brinton): An irreverent critic of the Bolshevik revolution". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian Media Group.

Reviews

[Etta.n · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically a list of historical facts that are I guess good to know (regarding reproductive freedoms, lgbt criminalization, and patriarchy *to a limited extent*) summed up with "conclusion: reactionary politics are for ugly fat women lmao"

I'm generously rounding up to three stars because the facts are important