Charles Derber
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Charles Derber

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Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and has written 32 books - on democracy, authoritarianism, corporations, capitalism, climate change, war, individualism, sociocide, and social change. His bestselling books include The Pursuit of Attention and the Wilding of America. He writes for and has been reviewed in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Truthout, and other leading media. His books are translated into 14 languages including Chinese, Korean, Tamil, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and Polish- and he is a bestseller in South Korea, done extended book tours in German bookstores and blues coffee houses, and has lectured in Italy in June for seven years. Derber is a public intellectual - shortlisted by the Independent Book Publishers Association in 2006 for Hidden Power, the best book in current affairs. He believes that serious ideas should be written in an accessible and entertaining style. His most recent books include Wired for Authoritarianism: American Oligarchies and How to Rewire America for the People; Fighting Oligarchy: How Positive Populism Can Reclaim America; Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations and the Quest for Democracy; Letters to the Resistance: A Guide to Social Action and Taking Power for Good; Who Owns Democracy? Dying for Capitalism; Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology of the United States. He is also a life-long social justice activist and a terrific public speaker - so contact him and try to lure him to a public talk. Check out his Youtube and podcast interviews and presentations. He is married and is still grieving the loss of his beautiful Wheaten Terrier dog named Mojo, who lived up to his name.
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    • Bonfire

    • American Sociocide, Broken Relations, and the Quest for Democracy
    • By: Charles Derber
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 16-06-2026
    • Language: English
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