Description
| Product ID: | 9781032150598 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | This Happened Here |
| Subtitle: | Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Street |
| Page Count: | 306 |
| Subjects: | Social classes, Social classes, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Politics and government, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Politics & government, USA |
| Description: | This book examines the Trump phenomenon as fascist. Fascism here connotes not "bad" politics or a consolidated regime but a set of political, movement, and ideological traits understood in the context of the neoliberal-capitalist era. This book examines the Trump phenomenon and presidency as fascist. Fascism here connotes not generically "bad" politics or a consolidated political-economic regime (Mussolini’s Italy or Hitler’s Germany) but a set of political, movement, and ideological traits understood within the context of the neoliberal-capitalist era. While Trump’s election defeat is a respite, the nation is far from out of the neofascist woods. Defeating the menace will require political and societal restructuring far beyond what is imagined by Democrats. This argument is developed across seven chapters that recount Trump’s assault on the 2020 election, specifically define the meaning of fascism as it is used in this book, demonstrate the neofascist nature of the Trump presidency, engage intellectual class Trumpism-fascism-denial, analyze the Trump base, root Trumpism in a longstanding and indeed founding American white nationalism, examine why Trump rose to power when he did, and suggest paths for fascism-proofing the USA. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-29 |
