The new demagogues : religion, masculinity and the populist epoch / Joshua M. Roose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roose, Joshua M., 1980- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in political sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption.

Populism--Religious aspects.

Populism.

Masculinity--Political aspects.

Masculinity.

European Union--Great Britain.

European Union.

Great Britain.

Trump, Donald, 1946-.

Trump, Donald.

Physical Description:

xvi, 215 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"Focused on the emergence of US President Donald Trump, the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union and the recruitment of Islamic State foreign fighters from Western Muslim communities, this book explores the ways in which the decay and corruption of key social institutions has created a vacuum of intellectual and moral guidance for working people and deprived them of hope and an upward social mobility long considered central to the social contract of western liberal democracy. Examining the exploitation of this vacuum of leadership and opportunity by new demagogues, the author considers two important yet overlooked dimensions of this new populism: the mobilization of both religion and masculinity. Understanding religion as a dynamic social force that can be mobilized for purposes of social solidarity and by appreciating the sociological arguments that hyper-masculinity is caused by social injury, Roose considers how these key social factors have been particularly important in contributing to the emergence of the new demagogues and their followers, the challenges that this poses for western liberal democracy and how states must look beyond identity politics and exclusively rights-based claims and consider instead classical conceptions of citizenship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Populism In The West: Democratic Fault Lines And The Rise Of The New Demagogues

3. Religion And Populism

4. Male Supremacism

5. Brexit And The White Working-Class

6. Trump And Blue-Collar Workers

7. Western Islamic State Foreign Fighters And Jihadi Masculinity

8. Religion, Masculinity, And The New Populism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Roose, Joshua M., 1980- The new demagogues

ISBN:

9781138364707

1138364703

9781138364691

113836469X

OCLC:

1176322998

Publisher Number:

99986397488