02833nam 2200445I 450 991079338630332120240102235734.097817876978291-78769-781-91-78769-779-7(MiAaPQ)EBC5573546(CKB)4100000007122473(EXLCZ)99410000000712247320181115h20182019 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamedianrrdacarrierTrump studies an intellectual guide to why citizens vote against their interests /by Tara Brabazon, Steve Redhead, Runyararo S. ChivauraLondon, England :Emerald Publishing Limited,©2019218 pages illustrations ;24 cmEmerald pointsIncludes index.1-78769-780-0 1-78769-782-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prelims -- Introduction: tough knowledge and difficult knowing in ignorant times -- Shadowing the silent majorities -- The banality of capitalism (and feminism) -- Return of the repressed amidst the double refusal -- Tweeting in the interregnum -- Pens and tower blocks -- The banality of racism (and capitalism) -- Intellectuals in the interregnum -- Conclusion: underthink it -- Index.Why do citizens vote against their own best interest?Trump Studies addresses this key question; probing the value of thinking, reading, writing and interpretation during times of economic, social and political uncertainty. With a compelling voice and academic rigour, the authors explore how and why xenophobia and sexism are the grammar of contemporary popular culture and politics.The Brexit result and the Trump victory cannot be studied in a laboratory; the silent majority will not sit in a petri dish, waiting to be researched. The theories and methodologies developed into this book not only explain these two mega and meta events, they create space for ideas that challenge and dissent, and make the case for the role and value of universities in a time when evidence, expertise and facts often dissolve into opinion, emotion and fake news.Donald Trump does not matter. Trump Studies does matter - and this is a siren call to all intellectuals to intervene and transform the currency of theory in empiricist times.Emerald points.PresidentsUnited StatesElection2016VotingUnited StatesPsychological aspectsPresidentsElectionVotingPsychological aspects.Brabazon Tara901012Redhead SteveChivaura Runyararo S.9910793386303321Trump studies3770733UNINA