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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466854403321

Autore

Brabazon Tara

Titolo

Trump studies : an intellectual guide to why citizens vote against their interests / / by Tara Brabazon, Steve Redhead, Runyararo, S. Chivaura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-78769-781-9

1-78769-779-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Collana

Emerald Points Ser.

Disciplina

973.933092

Soggetti

Voting - United States - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Trump Studies -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Tough Knowledge And Difficult Knowing In Ignorant Times -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Shadowing The Silent Majorities -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Banality Of Capitalism (and Feminism) -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Return Of The Repressed Amidst The Double Refusal -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Tweeting In The Interregnum -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Pens And Tower Blocks -- Notes -- Chapter 6 The Banality Of Racism (And Capitalism) -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Intellectuals In The Interregnum -- Notes -- Conclusion: Underthink It -- Intellectual Culture -- Organic Intellectuals -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the seismic political events of Donald Trump's presidency and the British vote to leave the EU. It explores why citizens vote against their own best interests, and demonstrates the role and value of universities in a time when evidence, expertise and facts often dissolve into opinion, emotion and fake news.