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"Addictive Ideologies: Finding Meaning and Agency When Politics Fail You
While the news media, politicians, both political parties and conspiracy theory groups are destabilizing America, we often lose sight of how we unwittingly contribute to the hysteria as individuals. In the process, we lose our ability to find optimism, opportunities and meaning. Fortunately, it is still possible to learn from history and to regain one 8217 s agency, self-empowerment and life purpose.In Addictive Ideologies, Dr. Emily Bashah, a clinical psychologist, and Paul Johnson, entrepreneur and former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, offer a word of caution. Their belief 8212 that today 8217 s world of runaway identity politics, nationalism and cancel culture is setting the stage for a loss of individual agency and liberty 8212 keenly shows why we can 8217 t take democracy and civility for granted.Dr. Bashah tells the harrowing story of the persecution of Jews in Iraq by Saddam Hussein and the Ba 8217 ath Party through her family 8217 s own personal experiences. Building on Dr.
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