{"product_id":"como-perder-um-pais","title":"How to Lose a Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seven steps (not six, not eight: seven, like the deadly sins) that lead democracy toward dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn incisive and urgent essay on the global rise of authoritarian populism. Drawing on the author's firsthand experience in Turkey, where she witnessed the progressive dismantling of democratic institutions, the book outlines a set of \"seven steps\" that describe, with disturbing clarity, how a country can slowly transform into an autocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTemelkuran analyzes mechanisms such as emotional manipulation, the corrosion of public discourse, the fabrication of internal enemies, and the normalization of the intolerable. The writing is rigorous and personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book serves as both a diagnosis and a warning. By identifying patterns replicated in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, Temelkuran shows that democratic erosion is not a sudden phenomenon, but a gradual process fueled by indifference, polarization, and the fragility of institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tool for understanding the emotional and media architecture of contemporary authoritarianism, and an invitation to civic vigilance at a time when truth and public debate are more important than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEce Temelkuran (b. 1973)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Turkish writer, journalist, and political commentator, internationally recognized for her defense of democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. After years of political persecution and censorship in her country, she currently lives in exile. She has published widely translated novels and essays, such as Deep Mountain and Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy. Analytical, rigorous, personal, and unwavering in her ethics in the face of abuses of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temas e Debates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52174843937034,"sku":"2026-MDT-LVR-73","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/Comoperderumpais.webp?v=1764078714","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/como-perder-um-pais","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}