Salvatore Babones is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney.

Named one of 2018's Best Books on Politics by the Wall Street Journal"Babones’ relentless critique of the liberal expert class brilliantly exposes their contempt for ordinary people. A crucial contribution to our understanding of how contemporary liberalism is increasingly illiberal and undemocratic."Adrian Pabst, co-author of The Politics of Virtue: Post-liberalism and the Human Future"An overdue and rational corrective about populism and authoritarianism."The Australian"Brilliantly insightful and always fair-minded, The New Authoritarianism is a compelling insider’s account of how the liberal-minded became close-minded."Quadrant"This is a superb book. Anyone interested in politics must read it; it is one of those rare tracts which is constantly rewarding."Spectator Australia

• Preface vi1 Freedoms, Rights, and the Liberal Ideal 12 The Rise of New Authoritarians 243 Liberal Authoritarianism in a Global World 484 The Passion of Donald J. Trump 715 The Populist Purgative 93

Salvatore Babones is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney.

Named one of 2018's Best Books on Politics by the Wall Street Journal"Babones’ relentless critique of the liberal expert class brilliantly exposes their contempt for ordinary people. A crucial contribution to our understanding of how contemporary liberalism is increasingly illiberal and undemocratic."Adrian Pabst, co-author of The Politics of Virtue: Post-liberalism and the Human Future"An overdue and rational corrective about populism and authoritarianism."The Australian"Brilliantly insightful and always fair-minded, The New Authoritarianism is a compelling insider’s account of how the liberal-minded became close-minded."Quadrant"This is a superb book. Anyone interested in politics must read it; it is one of those rare tracts which is constantly rewarding."Spectator Australia

• Preface vi1 Freedoms, Rights, and the Liberal Ideal 12 The Rise of New Authoritarians 243 Liberal Authoritarianism in a Global World 484 The Passion of Donald J. Trump 715 The Populist Purgative 93

Salvatore Babones is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney.

Named one of 2018's Best Books on Politics by the Wall Street Journal"Babones’ relentless critique of the liberal expert class brilliantly exposes their contempt for ordinary people. A crucial contribution to our understanding of how contemporary liberalism is increasingly illiberal and undemocratic."Adrian Pabst, co-author of The Politics of Virtue: Post-liberalism and the Human Future"An overdue and rational corrective about populism and authoritarianism."The Australian"Brilliantly insightful and always fair-minded, The New Authoritarianism is a compelling insider’s account of how the liberal-minded became close-minded."Quadrant"This is a superb book. Anyone interested in politics must read it; it is one of those rare tracts which is constantly rewarding."Spectator Australia

• Preface vi1 Freedoms, Rights, and the Liberal Ideal 12 The Rise of New Authoritarians 243 Liberal Authoritarianism in a Global World 484 The Passion of Donald J. Trump 715 The Populist Purgative 93