Books & Authors Series
Sundays, May 17, and June 7, 14, and 28
10 a.m. Bethell Hall
The books & Authors Series kicks of Sunday, May 17. We invite you to participate in our conversations with these authors where we will be exploring currently relevant topics we can incorporate into our everyday interactions with our diverse community.
May 17
Dr. Luke Winslow, "Oligarchy in America: Power, Justice, and the Rule of the Few"
To an American, oligarchy is something that happens somewhere else. In “Oligarchy in America,” Luke Winslow reveals oligarchy’s deep intellectual roots and alarming growth in America. The book provides conceptual tools the lack of which have prevented Americans from recognizing oligarchy at home.
Winslow argues that generic labels like “billionaires” for a class of ultra-rich masks the pervasive structures that entrench their power. He introduces instead the concept of “democratic oligarchy”—an institutional arrangement in which the ultra-rich form a class consciously creating and leveraging state power to accumulate wealth.
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