Trump studies : an intellectual guide to why citizens vote against their interests

Why do citizens vote against their own best interest?Trump Studies addresses this key question; probing the value of thinking, reading, writing and interpretation during times of economic, social and political uncertainty. With a compelling voice and academic rigour, the authors explore how and why...

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Main Authors Brabazon, Tara (Author), Redhead, Steve (Author), Chivaura, Runyararo S. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
EditionFirst edition.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787697799
9781787697812
DOI10.1108/9781787697799
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 207 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Introduction: tough knowledge and difficult knowing in ignorant times
  • Shadowing the silent majorities
  • The banality of capitalism (and feminism)
  • Return of the repressed amidst the double refusal
  • Tweeting in the interregnum
  • Pens and tower blocks
  • The banality of racism (and capitalism)
  • Intellectuals in the interregnum
  • Conclusion: underthink it
  • Index.