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[PAST EVENT] GRI Book Launch: The Assault on the State
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Swem Library, The Hive Event Space - Ground Floor400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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GRI Book Launch
The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers Our Future
What if the state as we know it didn’t exist? Our air would be poisonous, our votes uncounted, and our markets dysfunctional. Yet across the world, in countries as diverse as Hungary, Israel, the U.K., and the U.S., attacks on the modern state and its workforce are intensifying. The dangers of state erosion imperil every aspect of our lives.
Join William & Mary’s Global Research Institute for the launch of The Assault on the State (Polity, 2024), written by W&M Professor Stephen Hanson and UC Irvine’s Jeffrey Kopstein. The authors offer an impassioned plea to defend modern government against those who seek to destroy it. They dissect the attack on the machinery of government from its origins in post-Soviet Russia to the core powers of Western democracy. Importantly, Hanson and Kopstein outline a strategy that can reverse this destructive trend before humanity is plunged back into the pathological personalistic politics of premodern times.
Dr. Hanson will give a presentation followed by Q&A.
A light reception will follow immediately after the event.
You can also join us online: https://youtube.com/live/z0OU_sv4e6Y?feature=share
Sponsored by: Global Research Institute
Contact
Candice Vinson, [[cmvinson]]