Trump's America: Political Culture and National Identity

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Donald J. Trump's presidency has delivered a seismic shock to the American political system, its public sphere, and to our political culture worldwide. Written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines, as well as professionals in the field of political journalism, this collection of essays offers a deeper understanding of Trump and the impact that his rise to power has had both domestically and worldwide.The first section provides varied perspectives on the realignments of political culture in the United States that signify a paradigm shift, a radical disruption of fundamental beliefs and values about the political process and national identity. The second section of the book focuses on US foreign policy and diplomacy, taking stock of how the Trump presidency has disturbed the international system and US primacy within it. The third section of the book addresses the dynamics and consequences of what has come to be called post-truth politics, where conviction surpasses facts and the norms of political communication have been profoundly disrupted. Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Making Sense of Trump’s America • Liam Kennedy Part One: Paradigm Shift 1. Donald Trump’s Settler-Colonist State (Fantasy): A New Era of Illiberal Hegemony? • Donald E. Pease 2. Caesarism Revisited: Cultural Studies and the Question of Trumpism • Stephen Shapiro 3. Hegemoronic Vistas: The Pseudo-Gramscian Right from the Powell Memorandum to the ‘Flight 93 Election’ • Frank Kelleter 4. Women Voters and Activists in Trump’s America • Melissa Deckman and Kelley M. Gardner Part Two: Foreign Policy and Global Relations 5. Angry at the World: Progressive Possibilities in Trump’s Disruption of the Current Order • Patrick McGreevy 6. Trump or the Cultural Logic of ‘Late’ Democracy • David Ryan 7. The End of the Age of Three Worlds and the Making of the Trump Presidency • Penny Von Eschen 8. Trumpism and the Future of US Grand Strategy • Jack (John M.) Thompson 9. From George W. Bush to Donald Trump: Understanding the Exceptional Resilience of Democracy Promotion in US Political Discourse • Eugenio Lilli Part Three: Identity Politics and the Politics of Spectacle 10. ‘If You Want to Know Why 2016 Happened, Read This Book’: Class, Race and the Literature of Disinvestment (the Case of Hillbilly Elegy) • Hamilton Carroll 11. Ivanka Trump and the New Plutocratic (Post)feminism • Diane Negra 12. Trump and the Age of Hybrid Media Communicators • Alireza Hajihosseini 13. ‘Reality Has a Well-Known Liberal Bias’: The End(s) of Satire in Trump’s America • Liam Kennedy 14. Spectacle of Decency: Repairing America after Trump • Scott Lucas Index