The End of Democracy. This item is unavailable.The End of Democracy

Most people would agree that democracy throughout the world is in deep trouble. From the polarizing politics of the United States to the endless refugee crisis in Europe to the rise in radical Islam, there is a widespread feeling that our way of life—political, cultural, and social—is under siege. But what if democracy itself is to blame? What if the current threats are not distortions of but inherent to democracy? What if the solution to our present ills is not “fixing” the system, but junking it entirely? Christophe Buffin de Chosal asks these forbidden questions, and answers them unarguably with Gallic wit and glittering style. If you read only one book on politics this year, let this be it!

Christophe Buffin de Chosal is a Belgian historian and a writer. He is married and the father of six children. He lives in Belgium. He has worked for 25 years as a high school and university teacher in the fields of History, Economics and Politics. His main fields of expertise are Medieval and Modern History, Modern and Contemporary Politics. Since 1988, he has written articles for Correspondance européenne, a French-speaking press agency based in Rome. In addition to numerous articles in Belgian and international newspapers, Christophe Buffin de Chosal has written two novels and three essays: Une nouvelle Belgique est-elle possible? (2009), Les vraies raisons pour lesquelles les églises se vident (2012), and La fin de la démocratie (2014). The latter book attracted significant attention from French-speaking readers in both Belgium and France.