Under the Cover of Chaos

Trump and the Battle for the American Right

AvLawrence Grossberg

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-20
Mått:129 x 198 x 14 mm
Vikt:321 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745337920
Utmärkelser:Winner of National Communication Association, Diamond Anniversary Book Award 2019 (United States)

Utforska kategorier

Politiskt ledarskap inom Samhälle och politik
Nationalism inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lawrence Grossberg has been writing about popular culture, youth culture and political culture in post-WW2 United States, for over four decades. He is the Morris Davis Distinguished Professor in Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina. He is internationally recognised as a leading figure in Cultural Studies, and his work has been translated into eighteen languages. He is the author of Under the Cover of Chaos (Pluto, 2017), We All Want to Change the World (2015), Cultural Studies in the Future Tense (Duke, 2010) and Caught in the Crossfire (Routledge, 2005) amongst many other works.

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'A profound and insightful analysis of the diverse forces that have led to Trump's election. Everyone should read this book if they want to understand the rise of authoritarianism in the United States'

Innehållsförteckning

PrefacePart I: From Trump to the Conjuncture1. The Terror and the Beast2. Telling Stories and Stories Told3. Other Stories are Possible, and Possibly Even BetterPart II: In Search of the Conjuncture4. The New Right5. The Reactionary Right6. Affective LandscapesPart III: A Conjunctural Politics7. Back to the Present: A Reactionary Counter-Modernity8. Conclusions?Appendix: Cultural Studies and Conjunctural AnalysisBibliographyThanks