Evan Mauro
Biographic Data
| ID | 8960098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evan Mauro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evan |
| FAMILY NAME | Mauro |
| SIGNATURE | MAURO E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Who Wouldn't Get the Joke
This article considers Trump as an example of "vile sovereignty," a concept Michel Foucault put forward in the mid 1970s to describe "the exercise of power through the explicit disqualification of the person who wields it" (2003b: 35)—a "childish discourse" that disqualifies the speaker at the very moment that they are being appealed to as a figure of authority (36). We argue that this concept helps illuminate contemporary US politics, where Trum…
Who Wouldn’t Get the Joke? Vile Sovereignty, Vanishing Mediators, and Trump
This article considers Trump as an example of “vile sovereignty,” a concept Michel Foucault put forward in the mid 1970s to describe “the exercise of power through the explicit disqualification of the person who wields it” (2003b: 35)—a “childish discourse” that disqualifies the speaker at the very moment that they are being appealed to as a figure of authority (36). We argue that this concept helps illuminate contemporary US politics, where Trum…
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Who Wouldn’t Get the Joke? Vile Sovereignty, Vanishing Mediators, and Trump
This article considers Trump as an example of “vile sovereignty,” a concept Michel Foucault put forward in the mid 1970s to describe “the exercise of power through the explicit disqualification of the person who wields it” (2003b: 35)—a “childish discourse” that disqualifies the speaker at the very moment that they are being appealed to as a figure of authority (36). We argue that this concept helps illuminate contemporary US politics, where Trum…
Who Wouldn't Get the Joke
This article considers Trump as an example of "vile sovereignty," a concept Michel Foucault put forward in the mid 1970s to describe "the exercise of power through the explicit disqualification of the person who wields it" (2003b: 35)—a "childish discourse" that disqualifies the speaker at the very moment that they are being appealed to as a figure of authority (36). We argue that this concept helps illuminate contemporary US politics, where Trum…
Authoritarianism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Legitimation (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Popular sovereignty (2 works) · Populism (2 works) · Sovereignty (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Contemporary Cultural and Social Studies (1 work)