num_pages: 234
description: With invective all the more deadly for its grace and wit, Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s magazine, presents a portrait of a feckless American establishment gone large in the stomach and soft in the head. This acerbic commentary on the insouciance of the monied ruling class concludes with a forewarning piece where Lapham looks at the fate of indolent ruling classes throughout history.
language: English
title: Waiting for the Barbarians
titlecomplete: Waiting for the Barbarians
genres: Political Science, Essays, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 45
publisher: Verso