With his fundamental grasp of political theory and restless spirit to get at the essence of
what threatens modern democracy Wolin demonstrates that the threats to our democratic
traditions and institutions are not always from outside but may come from within. It is a book
that policymakers and scholars of contemporary society should read and reflect upon.--Rakesh
Khurana Harvard Business School author of From Higher Aims to Hired Hands As we've come to
expect from Sheldon Wolin a tightly argued and deeply revealing book about the dangers of
unconstrained capitalism for our democracy.--Robert B. Reich University of California
Berkeley For half a century Sheldon Wolin has been one of the most distinguished and
influential political theorists in the United States and a perceptive observer of the American
political scene. In his magisterial latest book Wolin shows himself at the height of his
powers as he presents a highly original sober and persuasive account of a number of
tendencies in contemporary American society that constitute a significant danger for the future
of constitutional democracy. If totalitarianism establishes itself in the United States it
will be in the 'inverted' form Wolin analyzes in this important book.--Raymond Geuss
University of Cambridge Wolin's writing has a resonance that binds the canon of political
philosophy to unfolding events and present circumstances. In Democracy Incorporated he
contends that the institutions and practices that Americans regarded as their defense against
totalitarianism--and other forms of authoritarian domination--have failed them. There is
nothing like this book. It is a major potentially revolutionary contribution to political
thought.--Anne Norton author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire Powerful and
persuasive. Democracy Incorporated does exactly what great political theory should do: it
provides a theoretical framework that allows the reader to see the political world anew. It
left this reader with an almost nightmarish vision of American politics today a nightmare all
the more terrifying for being so compelling so vivid and so real.--Marc Stears author of
Progressives Pluralists and the Problems of the State
