Are Donald Trump's irrationality, cruelty, and bombast symptoms of his
personality? Is the chaos surrounding him a sign of his incompetence?
Are his populism, illiberalism and nationalism just cynical appeals to
existing feelings of abandonment, resentment and rage?
Lawrence Grossberg shows that the truth is bigger and more
frightening. Locating Trumpism in the long struggle among traditional
conservatism, the new right and the reactionary right, he suggests
that the chaos is far more significant and strategic ... and
dangerous. Taking the arguments of the reactionary right seriously, he
projects a possible, nightmarish future: a cultural nationalism
governed by a popular corporatocracy.
He lays bare how contemporary political struggles are being shaped by
a changing national landscape of moods and feelings, marked by a
growing absolutism of judgement and belief, and new forms of anxiety,
alienation and narcissism.
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Trump and the Battle for the American Right
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786802705
Publisert
2018
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1. utgave
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Vendor
Pluto Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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