{"product_id":"confidence-men-peterson-musk-tate-and-the-duping-of-the-american-mind-paperback","title":"Confidence Men: Peterson, Musk, Tate and the Duping of the American Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarrison Fluss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLandon Frim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncovers the irrational philosophy behind today's \"confidence men\" - from Jordan Peterson, to Elon Musk, Andrew Tate, and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy do millions of Americans support a system that is making them poorer, sicker, and less secure every day? If modern capitalism routinely exploits working people, then why do so many flock to its most reactionary defenders in personalities like Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, and Andrew Tate? Or, as the philosopher Baruch Spinoza asked, why do we fight for slavery as if it were our salvation? \u003ci\u003eConfidence Men: The Duping of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling answer to those questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMere journalistic accounts of these hucksters have pointed out their many lies and inaccuracies, their personal failings and rank hypocrisy. \u003ci\u003eConfidence Men\u003c\/i\u003e does something different. Instead of treating these sensational figures as individual bad actors, it identifies a common philosophy that animates them all. Each of them are, in their own ways, irrationalists - believing in the power of a strong will to overcome ordinary reality (and ordinary people). Objective facts, nature, and even \"human nature\" melt away before the creative genius or the mystical hero. Today's \"confidence men\" are the cheerleaders of hierarchy and domination, where the supreme value is one of unhinged belief in oneself. As against reactionary forms of self-help, \u003ci\u003eConfidence Men\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a rationalist alternative - neither wishing our problems away, nor \"manifesting\" success - but instead, understanding the world so that we can change it for the better.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLandon Frim\u003c\/b\u003e is a political philosopher specializing in Spinoza and the Radical Enlightenment. His popular works have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJacobin Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarrison Fluss\u003c\/b\u003e is a Hegelian philosopher who lives in Manhattan. He is a corresponding editor for the \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e Journal, and has published widely about ideology, politics, and culture in the pages of \u003ci\u003eJacobin Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.5 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53807730131277,"sku":"9781914420665","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/3NK097-H3-9781914420665.webp?v=1777498244","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/confidence-men-peterson-musk-tate-and-the-duping-of-the-american-mind-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}