{"product_id":"furious-minds-the-making-of-the-maga-new-right","title":"Furious Minds: The Making of the Maga New Right","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"What should we make of the intellectual aspect of MAGA? Beginning in 2016, Laura K. Field writes, in \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, \u003c\/i\u003e a group of 'PhDs and intellectuals'--'almost all men'--began coalescing around ideas that they attributed to, associated with, or smuggled inside Trump's nascent movement. . . . [Field] was once a conservative, and has a lot of sympathy for various conservative viewpoints. . . . [But] unnerved by what she perceived as a newly supercharged misogyny among conservative intellectuals--in her view, they are 'obsessed with masculinity' in a way their predecessors were not--Field watched as they grew suddenly more radical.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Joshua Rothman, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura K. Field offers a sharp examination of the intellectual and cultural roots of the 'Make America Great Again' movement that has coalesced around Trump's two administrations. She pairs her analysis with a moving, sometimes outright infuriating, personal account of navigating male-dominated far-right spaces as a female thinker.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Jan-Werner Mueller, \u003ci\u003eProject Syndicate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[An] unexpected page-turner. . . . \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is an unparalleled intellectual history of the present. Field's research, range, and intimacy with her subjects yields many important insights and discoveries, from the serious to the ridiculous.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Orlando Reade, \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A meticulous, nuanced study of the patchwork of the US's far right.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Jeff Fleischer, \u003ci\u003eForeword (Starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I really enjoyed \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . What's really useful about it, for those who don't know, it's a kind of academic history of the far right, and it places them in the universities and academic spaces they came from. And she observed them as they were developing, so there's some good character portrayals. And a lot of stuff made more sense to me after I read it. And it's very well done. It's a good book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Anne Applebaum, \u003ci\u003eThe Bulwark Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Why should we care about the obscure and often fanatical right-wing intellectuals that populate \n\u003ci\u003e Furious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e? Because as Laura Field deftly shows, they now have access to the corridors of power, with many now serving as advisers to President Trump and designing his hard-right policies. Readers should be rushing to this book to understand how and why conservative elites embraced extremism.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[Laura K. Field] might be described as a latter-day Athena soothing today's Furies to rescue American democracy. . . . Readers will benefit from the best researched and most comprehensive account of the New Right that has appeared--or is likely to.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---William Galston, \u003ci\u003eThe UnPopulist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[An] excellent new book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Michelle Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A pathbreaking intellectual history from the world's preeminent researcher of the contemporary American right. \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e scrupulously chronicles the coalescence of a modern movement that took place as much online as in the seminar room or the corridors of power. Essential reading to understand today's political situation.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--John Ganz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Clock Broke: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCon Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Why should we care about the obscure and often fanatical right-wing intellectuals that populate \n\u003ci\u003e Furious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e? Because as Laura Field deftly shows, they now have access to the corridors of power, with many now serving as advisers to President Trump and designing his hard-right policies. Readers should be rushing to this book to understand how and why conservative elites embraced extremism.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"No one has done more than Laura Field to shine a spotlight on the arcane but enormously important ecosystem of New Right intellectuals that now drives the second Trump administration. Writing with precision and passion, she makes clear why liberals have grievously underestimated these thinkers and their ideas, and why the New Right's radical plans for remaking the world are appealing, ambitious, and extremely dangerous.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Geoffrey Kabaservice, author of \u003ci\u003eRule and Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Every now and then, a book comes along that makes precisely the inquiry called for by the times. \u003ci\u003eFurious Minds \u003c\/i\u003eis one of those books. It is rich and relentlessly probing, yet at the same time altogether fair. Field has done several remarkable things: She has taken the ideas that lie behind Donald Trump seriously and held them up for moral and critical scrutiny. This is a genuinely important book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eLawfare\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eUnmaking the Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDonald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Laura Field's \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary event of the highest order. With seriousness, care, and precision, Field mines the depths of the 'MAGA mind.' There is no Ivory Tower tall enough or corner of the internet dark enough to escape her critical eye. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the thinking that led to this era of American politics.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nicholas Buccola, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds \u003c\/i\u003eis the closest thing we have to a mole's-eye view of the New Right, and it is revelatory.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Alexandre Lefebvre, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Remarkable. . . . Readers of \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e will congratulate Field on a fluently written book, and thank her for immersing herself first-hand in a cesspit so they don't have to.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Michael Burleigh, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A nuanced and sophisticated look at MAGA's intellectual and institutional infrastructure.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---David Austin Walsh, \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In the ever-growing field of books aiming to explain the rise of the MAGA movement, \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, by a political theorist with longstanding experience in conservative academia, stands out for its emphasis on ideas. Field shows how the New Right, drawing on a loose network of academics and influencers, has coalesced around a vision of America that is socially reactionary, economically isolationist and deeply skeptical of pluralism as an inherent social good.\"-- \"New York Times\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is the most up-to-date introduction we have to the MAGA intellectual right reshaping America with astonishing speed today.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Mark Lilla, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A fascinating taxonomy of the wild world of far-right thinking.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Zack Beauchamp, \u003ci\u003eVox's The Gray Area\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A revelatory, at times horrifying deconstruction of the New Right; it shows how we arrived at this moment, and it discusses the intentions of those who hope to push it further. Understanding their intellectual underpinnings is crucial to organizing an effective response. . . . We recommend her book for the essential knowledge it contains--and for its important advice.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Michelle Anne Schingler, \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLaura K. Field\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate with the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington University and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. She has written about the New Right for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bulwark\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and holds a PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A meticulous and unsettling revelation of a right-wing plan for a 'new old-fashioned world.'\"-- \"Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding intellectual history of the present.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Kenan Malik, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Winner of the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A perceptive history and analysis, bolstered by the author's proximity to the subject. . . . a valuable guide to understanding that ideology and countering it.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Kenneth Silber, \u003ci\u003eSplice Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[Laura K. Field's] background perfectly positions her to deliver this lively, devastating taxonomy and critique of MAGA's ideologues. She was originally trained in Straussian scholarship--a reading of classical political thought that criticizes the modern turn away from the sources of moral authority toward liberalism and, in Strauss's view, nihilism. His approach has had a deep influence on leading conservative American intellectuals of the past half century. . . . Nearly a decade in these academic circles makes Field a knowledgeable guide to a subject she takes seriously. She's also a Canadian woman, a double identity that puts her at a skeptical distance from the more and more extreme world of the American right.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---George Packer, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A Financial Times Best Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003cp\u003eA great new book about the intellectual roots of MAGA.\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Greg Sargent, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Fascinating and important. . . . Field is an excellent and intellectually honest guide. . . . \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e includes some surprisingly witty and playful moments, which stand in stark contrast to the turgid moralizing and hostility she examines in the book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Jennifer Szalai, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Fascinating. . . . This is a very troubling moment for American democracy, such as it is, and the path forward is unclear to many of us. \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds \u003c\/i\u003emay help by showing readers, in stark detail, the obscure path that led us to where we are. It's a work of intellectual history, not a polemic, but it offers an important warning to those with ears to hear: the anger and resentment driving our current agonies can end in only one place.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Matt McManus, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e covers an enormous range of figures and ideas. This means that despite being more than four hundred pages long, it moves at an appropriately furious pace.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Matt McManus, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Field has especially rich insights. . . . [A]n indispensable starting point for anyone who hopes to go beyond a superficial understanding of the anti-liberal American right.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Stephanie Slade, \u003ci\u003eReason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Longlisted for the Edwards Book Award, Rodel Institute\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Field's perspective is clear throughout this book, as is the audience she is addressing. . . . [W]ell researched.\"-- \"Choice\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Winner of the Best Book Award, American Political Thought Section of the American Political Science Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[An] excellent new book.\"--Michelle Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agenda--and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Trump is not a big thinker, but his 2016 presidential victory presented a grand opportunity for people who are, and it set off a radicalization and reconfiguration of the American conservative intellectual world. In \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Field, who spent close to a decade in conservative academic circles, chronicles the rise of the New Right--the network of academics, public intellectuals, and influencers who provide ideological fuel to Trumpism. This movement includes figures such as Patrick Deneen, Christopher Rufo, Peter Thiel, and JD Vance. Their agenda is built to last, and it has dire long-term implications for liberal democracy. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe New Right has precedents in American history, but it is distinct for its youthfulness, misogyny, and extraordinary successes--most notably the elevation of Vance to the vice presidency. The movement--which draws together associates of the right-wing Claremont Institute, National Conservatives, Postliberals, and the Hard Right--advocates nationalist economics, tight borders, isolationism, and reactionary social values. It helped to strategize January 6th and created Project 2025. But above all, the New Right is engaged in a vast culture war against modern liberal pluralism. It is determined to harness state power and use it in new, illiberal ways, from college campuses to the international scene--all driven by the fantasy of restoring a pure America. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncisive and urgent, \n\u003ci\u003eFurious Minds\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the thinkers of the New Right--and their powerful assault on American freedoms, values, and ideals. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780691255262, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/08\/2025 (EAN 9780691255262, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/17\/2025 (EAN 9780691255262, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496018116886,"sku":"9780691255262","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780691255262.jpg?v=1783050711","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/furious-minds-the-making-of-the-maga-new-right","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}