Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
THE TYRANT How Fear, Faith, and Power Are Used to Rule Pankaj SharmaEvery tyrant in recorded history has built their power on the exact same foundation: not wealth, not armies, but a frightened public willing to trade away its freedom for a promise of safety.In The Tyrant, Pankaj Sharma delivers a sweeping, razor-sharp interrogation of how political actors across centuries and continents manufacture panic to consolidate control. Drawing on deeply researched history, social psychology, and contemporary global data, Sharma reveals the timeless architecture of authoritarianism: locate an existing societal anxiety, reframe it into an existential threat, wrap the response in the unassailable language of moral or religious duty, and build permanent institutions on top of a temporary crisis.From the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to Cold War purges, and into the hyper-charged arena of modern politics-where generative AI, algorithmic rage, and global trade wars weaponize fear at subsecond speeds-The Tyrant maps the subtle shifts that turn ordinary political disagreement into civilizational struggle. Sharma looks beyond the headlines to examine the real-world machinery of control: state-level rule changes, administrative purges, the commercial monetization of outrage, and the systematic erosion of public trust in democratic institutions.Yet, this is not a manual for fatalism. The Tyrant offers an authoritative blueprint for pattern recognition, equipping readers with a practical 'Toolkit' to deconstruct manufactured panic in real time. Backed by compelling cross-national comparisons and sobering empirical data, Sharma ultimately highlights the resilient courts, courageous institutions, and ordinary citizens around the globe who have successfully halted the cycle.Incisive, urgent, and deeply human, The Tyrant is an essential field guide for navigating the defining political challenge of our age: recognizing how fear is used against us before the emergency measure becomes the permanent arrangement
