Description: "For years, âemigrâes from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of 'soft' totalitarianism cropping up in America: ... identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life; civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to safety; progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians and other dissenters; technology and consumerism hastens the possibility of a corporate surveillance state ... Dreher ... explains how the totalitarianism facing us today is based less on overt violence and more on psychological manipulation. He tells the stories of modern-day dissidents ... who offer practical advice for how to identify and resist totalitarianism in our time"--
Review Quotes: "As a new cultural revolution aims to institutionalize a tyranny of ideological clichés, Dreher renews Solzhenitsyn's great call to 'live not by lies.' I cannot imagine a more timely and urgent book, or one with a more enduring spiritual, political, and cultural message."--Daniel J. Mahoney, coeditor of The Solzhenitsyn Reader
"In this remarkably prescient book, Dreher sets Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's timeless appeal to 'live not by lies' as the cornerstone of his own bold warning. His suggestion of a dawning post-Christian, 'pre-totalitarian' society is impossible to dismiss in light of the patient case he builds for his passionate, if provocative, thesis."--Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor and pianist "With characteristic foresight, Rod Dreher has written an invaluable compendium of how to live fearlessly under totalitarianisms, old and new. Better still, the book is a counsel of hope and joy for even the bleakest days--and an encouragement we need, especially today in this time of cascading crises."--Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed "Live Not By Lies will cement Rod Dreher's reputation as the most important Christian thinker of our age."--Crisis Magazine "Christians who care about the future of the gospel in America should give heed to Dreher's manual. Live Not by Lies is a timely, perhaps even prophetic book."--Touchstone Magazine