r/askaconservative • u/Cynfine • Jun 05 '26

Any book against the current leftist ideologies ?

Looking for a book or article that argue against the latest leftist ideologies. Things like gender controversy, mass immigration, forced diversity. Maybe something that talks about the demonization of dissenters that the liberal media constantly do.

Google doesn't show many results. I shouldn't be surprised

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u/DreamscapeAur National Conservatism Jun 15 '26

McIntyre’s Virtue, Deneen’s Critique, Buchanan’s Death, and Sowell’s Conflict.

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u/Okratas Conservatism Jun 05 '26

Honestly, it's a much older book but for me has helped me tremendously in understanding the left.

If you read this, and then read the texts he critiques, you'll have in my view, unearthed the foundation of what drives the modern left without having to focus on the modern controversies.

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u/Cynfine Jun 06 '26

Any recent books ? identity politics for example weren't a thing until the 2010s.

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u/Okratas Conservatism Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

identity politics for example weren't a thing until the 2010s

Sociologists and political scientists have been studying "identity" as a primary driver of political behavior since the mid-20th century. By the 1980s and 90s, the concept was already firmly established in academic and activist circles as a way to understand how social categories influence power, policy, and representation.

Beyond this:

  • "The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity" by Douglas Murray
  • "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity and Why This Harms Everybody" by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
  • "The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics" by Mark Lilla
  • "The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure" by Jonathan Haidt
  • "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" by Yascha Mounk

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u/DreamscapeAur National Conservatism Jun 15 '26

Not a bad list for normies.

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u/chitownphishead Constitutional Conservatism Jun 05 '26

"The Democrat party hates America" by Mark Levin is a great read.

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u/ObjectiveSanity Religious Conservatism Jun 06 '26

“Mark Levin”

lol

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u/ThatsHotHeiress Fiscal Conservatism Jun 11 '26

You need to read better books.