Bøger af Thomas Frank

En mand og hans kajak. 3500 km ned ad de russiske floder. Et fysisk, religionshistorisk og åndeligt eventyr. Det hedder sig, at kristendommen kom til Danmark sydfra i form af missionærer, men teolog ThomasFrank har en anden teori. Han vil efterprøve sin overbevisning om, at vikingerne tog både religion og nye udtryksformer med sig hjem fra deres togter til Rusland og Byzans, det nuværende Istanbul. Motivet fra Jellingestenen ligner fx fuldstændig kalkmalerier i Novgorod. Inspireret af Thor Heyerdahl og Kon-Tiki-ekspeditionen besluttede han sig for at gøre vikingerne rejsen efter fra Sankt Petersborg og de 3500 km til Istanbul. I efteråret 2017 begav han sig af sted – helt alene. Kajakken blev valgt, fordi den minder mest om den bådtype,vikingerne efter alt at dømme benyttede på deres rejse fra Østersøen ned ad de russiske floder. "Min vej mod vikingernes Byzans" beskriver en mand, der er midt i livet, og som i to måneder dagligt kæmper for at overleve i den russiske vildmark. Rejsen har et religionshistorisk formål, men undervejs får den en både fysisk, mental og åndelig dimension. Thomas Frank følger de tydelige spor efter vikingerne og når Istanbul med enerkendelse: Man skal turde sætte sig op imod den officielle historieskrivning. Thomas Frank (født 1969) er teolog, ph.d., og ansat som domprovst ved Viborg Domkirke. Dyrker ekstremsport.

Everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Donald Trump. Brexit. European right-wing extremists. All have been accused of populism. But what does this often thrown about, yet generally misunderstood, term actually mean?The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; the story of democracy itself, of its promise of a decent life for us all. Here, acclaimed political commentator Thomas Frank takes us from the emergence of the radical left-wing US Populist Party in the 1890s, through the triumphs of reformers under Roosevelt and Truman, to the present day, reminding us how much we owe to the populist ethos. He pummels the elites, revisits the movement's provocative politics, and declares true populism to be the language of promise and optimism. People Without Power is a ringing affirmation of a movement that, Frank shows us, is not the problem of our times, but the solution.

With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on the 'thirty-year backlash' - the common man's revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, Frank describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union.

Becoming a more effective learner and boosting your productivity will help you earn better grades - but it'll also cut down on your study time. This is a short, meaty book that will guide you through ten steps to achieving those goals: Pay better attention in class Take more effective notes Get more out of your textbooks Plan like a general Build a better study environment Fight entropy and stay organized Defeat Procrastination Study smarter Write better papers Make group projects suck less Whether you're in college or high school, this book will probably help you. But not if you're a raccoon. I want to be very clear about that; if you're a raccoon, please buy a different book. This one will do absolutely nothing for you. How did you even learn to read, anyway?

From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times - perfect for this political moment.

A SCATHING LOOK AT THE STANDARD-BEARERS OF LIBERAL POLITICS-A BOOK THAT ASKS: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH DEMOCRATS?Hailed as "the most prescient book" of the year, Listen, Liberal accurately described what ailed the Democratic Party even before the election of 2016 made their weaknesses obvious. It is the story of how the "Party of the People" detached itself from its historic constituency among average Americans and chose instead to line up with the winners of our new economic order.Now with a new afterword, Thomas Frank's powerful analysis offers the best diagnosis to date of the liberal malady. Drawing on years of research and firsthand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have over the last decades increasingly abandoned their traditional goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. With sardonic wit and lacerating logic, he uncovers the corporate and cultural elitism that have largely eclipsed the party's old working- and middle-class commitment. And he warns that the Democrats' only chance of regaining their health and averting a future of ever-increasing inequality is a return to their historic faith.

Suitable for understanding how we all got to where we are, and how we might get out, this book takes us on a wild road-trip through the landscape of the American Right, the Tea Party and Glenn Beck, makes sense of a topsy-turvy world and shows how instead of complying with the speed limit, conservative America has stamped hard on the accelerator.

An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt.