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Doppelganger
- A Trip into the Mirror World
- Narrated by: Naomi Klein
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all?
When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously. Then suddenly it wasn't. She started to find herself grappling with a distorted sense of reality, becoming obsessed with reading the threats on social media, the endlessly scrolling insults from the followers of her doppelganger. Why had her shadowy other gone down such an extreme path? Why was identity - all we have to meet the world - so unstable?
To find out, Klein decided to follow her double into a bizarre, uncanny mirror world: one of conspiracy theories, anti-vaxxers and demagogue hucksters, where soft-focus wellness influencers make common cause with fire-breathing far right propagandists (all in the name of protecting 'the children'). In doing so, she lifts the lid on our own culture during this surreal moment in history, as we turn ourselves into polished virtual brands, publicly shame our enemies, watch as deep fakes proliferate and whole nations flip from democracy to something far more sinister.
This is a book for our age and for all of us; a deadly serious dark comedy which invites us to view our reflections in the looking glass. It's for anyone who has lost hours down an internet rabbit hole, who wonders why our politics has become so fatally warped, and who wants a way out of our collective vertigo and back to fighting for what really matters.
Critic reviews
This book is as foreboding as a guide through the maze of mirrors of the modern right should be. But it's not only that: Naomi Klein has made Doppelganger gripping and scintillating, too. The result is a reckoning with the present moment that's as insightful as all Klein's indispensable work, and as suspenseful as a novel. (China Mieville)
Naomi Klein never disappoints. Doppelganger swirls through the bewildering ideas of the ultra-right that often appear as a distorted mirror of left struggle and strategy. With her always incisive analysis of the systems and structures linked to global capitalism, Klein now fiercely and brilliantly urges that our justice movements be prepared to follow the quest for new meaning into dimensions where we might least expect to find it: in injury and vulnerability. (Angela Y. Davis)
I finished this book and nearly cried with relief, Klein gave me the gift of being calm. She explores and diagnoses with empathy, warmth and searing precision the confusion and utter madness of what it is to be alive right now. This is a big book with big ideas which poses the most direct questions for our times. Everyone needs to read it as a matter of urgency. (Sheena Patel)
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- victoria hanlon
- 01-12-23
Well-researched, insightful, self-reflective.
Increasingly prescient the further you read.
An important new perspective on the human condition and the traumatogenic nature of the settler colonial 'civilisation' of the 19th and 20th Centuries, the impacts of which still echo through history.
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- Mr GN Roper
- 12-12-23
Complexity made clear.
It’s like describing the bond between Wolfe and Klein reveals the crystalline structure of the entire political landscape.
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- Claire
- 08-01-24
Brilliant
The ideas touch every part of the recent troubling current events. I want all my friends to read it.
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- Bernard McGuinness
- 25-03-24
Bravo!
A startingly honest and articulate analysis of our current morass. Very well done. A must read!
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- daniel machover
- 24-03-24
A deep understanding of how populism appropriates progressive language and discourse
An excellent book that is thought provoking and addressed many important political and social themes including the psyche of Israeli settler colonialism. This book reminds us that Red Vienna and other progressive socialist models can be repurposed and help fight off fascism and defeat capitalism if not in our lifetimes then in future - an inspiration to be idealistic & optimistic in dark times.
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- horseshoenail
- 31-10-23
Truth, sense & a balm
Naomi Klein’s book is completely immersive in our current world. It is both an analysis & story. I am so glad she read this book herself as it is immensely personal both for her and for us.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-23
Totally engaging…
…am so glad I got this book and incredibly grateful for her beautifully expressed ideas.
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- Hayley Elkins
- 11-10-23
Insightful, brilliant book
I loved the way Doppelganger was written interwoven with profound insight. Thought provoking clarity
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- Noga Glucksam
- 22-11-23
Mesmerising, shocking and deeply insightful
Klein’s sharp analysis is only seconded by her compassion and empathy to the targets of her sharp criticism. Her ability to deconstruct our world of mirrors, doubles and shadowland will leave you thoughtful and heartbroken, but also empowered and hopeful.
Highly recommended to anyone curious.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-24
Essential listening and prophetic
This book gave me new eyes to the world. As deep as it is broad. Superb narration by her too.
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