the struggle for multifaceted democracy under Trumpism /
William E. Connolly.
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2017.
xxvii, 113 pages ;
18 cm
Forerunners : ideas first from the University of Minnesota Press
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface: apples and oranges -- The rhetorical strategies of Hitler and Trump -- Bodily practices and fascist modes of attunement -- Democracy, plurality, and class inequality.
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"This quick and engaging study clearly lays out the United States' current democratic crisis. Examining the early stages of the Nazi movement in Germany, William E. Connolly detects synergies with Donald Trump's rhetorical style. Tapping into a sense of contemporary fragility, Aspirational Fascism pays particular attention to how conflicts between neoliberalism and the pluralizing left have placed the white working class in a bind. Ultimately, Connolly believes a multifaceted democracy constitutes the best antidote to aspirational fascism and rethinks what a politics of the left might look like today"--Publisher's description.
Struggle for multifaceted democracy under Trumpism