American nightmare : Donald Trump, media spectacle, and authoritarian populism / Douglas Kellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kellner, Douglas, 1943- author.

Series:

Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 117.

Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trump, Donald, 1946-.

Trump, Donald.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Presidents.

United States.

Populism--United States.

Populism.

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

Presidents--United States--Election--2016.

Physical Description:

vii, 109 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

Explaining the Donald Trump phenomenon is a challenge that will occupy critical theorists of U.S. politics for years to come. Firstly, Donald Trump won the Republican primary contest and is now a contender in the U.S. Presidential Election because he is the master of media spectacle, which he has deployed to create resonant images of himself in his business career, in his effort to become a celebrity and reality-TV superstar, and now his political campaign. More disturbingly, Trump embodies Authoritarian Populism and has used racism, nationalism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and the disturbing underside of American politics to mobilize his supporters in his successful Republican primary campaign and in the hotly contested 2016 general election. The Trump phenomenon is a teachable moment that helps us understand the changes and contour of U.S. politics in the contemporary moment and the role of broadcast media, new media and social networking, and the politics of the spectacle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789463007863

9789463007870

9463007873

9463007865

OCLC:

962331218

Publisher Number:

99969856985