LEADER 04462nam 2200721 450 001 9910811656003321 005 20230807211422.0 010 $a0-271-07200-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271072005 035 $a(CKB)3710000000602652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224268 035 $a(DE-B1597)583710 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271072005 035 $a(OCoLC)1253312883 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000602652 100 $a20201001d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of resentment $ea genealogy /$fJeremy Engels 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cPennsylvania State University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-271-06664-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Democracy and Resentment --$tEssay I. Reimagining the People: From Duas Civitates to E Pluribus Unum to E Unibus Duo --$tEssay II. The Rise of the Politics of Resentment --$tEssay III. The Rhetoric of Violence --$tConclusion: Resentment Ad Hominem and Ad Ratio: A Plea for Rhetorical Criticism --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn the days and weeks following the tragic 2011 shooting of nineteen Arizonans, including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, there were a number of public discussions about the role that rhetoric might have played in this horrific event. In question was the use of violent and hateful rhetoric that has come to dominate American political discourse on television, on the radio, and at the podium. A number of more recent school shootings have given this debate a renewed sense of urgency, as have the continued use of violent metaphors in public address and the dishonorable state of America?s partisan gridlock. This conversation, unfortunately, has been complicated by a collective cultural numbness to violence. But that does not mean that fruitful conversations should not continue. In The Politics of Resentment, Jeremy Engels picks up this thread, examining the costs of violent political rhetoric for our society and the future of democracy. The Politics of Resentment traces the rise of especially violent rhetoric in American public discourse by investigating key events in American history. Engels analyzes how resentful rhetoric has long been used by public figures in order to achieve political ends. He goes on to show how a more devastating form of resentment started in the 1960s, dividing Americans on issues of structural inequalities and foreign policy. He discusses, for example, the rhetorical and political contexts that have made the mobilization of groups such as Nixon?s ?silent majority? and the present Tea Party possible. Now, in an age of recession and sequestration, many Americans believe that they have been given a raw deal and experience feelings of injustice in reaction to events beyond individual control. With The Politics of Resentment, Engels wants to make these feelings of victimhood politically productive by challenging the toxic rhetoric that takes us there, by defusing it, and by enabling citizens to have the kinds of conversations we need to have in order to fight for life, liberty, and equality. 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aResentment$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 610 $aAmerica. 610 $aEngels. 610 $aGenealogy. 610 $aculture. 610 $ademocracy. 610 $aforeign policy. 610 $agovernment. 610 $ahate. 610 $ahistory. 610 $ainjustics. 610 $anumbness. 610 $apolitical discourse. 610 $apolitics. 610 $aresentment. 610 $arhetoric. 610 $ashootings. 610 $asociety. 610 $aunited states. 610 $aus. 610 $ausa. 610 $aviolence. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aResentment$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 676 $a306.440973 700 $aEngels$b Jeremy$01614156 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811656003321 996 $aThe politics of resentment$93943842 997 $aUNINA