Inversion, Paradox, and Liberal Disintegration
Towards a Conceptual Framework of Trumpism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6308345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin Kent Morris (0000-0002-6000-2580, Virginia Tech, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-35 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07393148.2018.1558037 |
| OpenAlex | W2906134255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This article puts forward a provisional framework, at best, of Trumpism, in order to explore some of the potential political, social, cultural, and global implications of it. In particular, this article explores Trumpism’s discursive ambiguity: how Trumpism appears to be one thing (for example, populist), and then appears to be another (for example, elitist). The framework draws from a wide-range of reputable journalism and scholarly literature, but notably borrows from Sheldon Wolin’s theory of “inverted totalitarianism,” specifically Wolin’s use of “inverted” to compensate for Trumpism’s ambiguity. In so doing, this article moves Wolin’s thesis forward as it relates to Trumpism. In the final analysis, the question is not whether Trumpism is fascist (yes, it is) or how similar it is to Wolin’s inverted totalitarianism. Instead, Trumpism compels us to confront whether the United States has, to some degree, always been fascist, and what does that inverted American-style fascism look like
Ambiguity · Economics · Epistemology · Inversion (geology · Law and economics · Linguistics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |