Rhetoric and Governance Under Trump - Proclamations From the Bullshit Pulpit

Informationen zum Autor By Bernd Kaussler; Lars J. Kristiansen and Jeffrey Delbert Klappentext This book analyzes the rhetoric of Donald Trump to argue that Trump embraces conflicting populist and Republican values, and as a result has relied on populist and polarizing rhetoric, along with fabricated crises, to reconcile these combating ideals and uphold his image of an "anti-status quo politician." Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the rhetoric of Donald Trump to argue that Trump embraces conflicting populist and Republican values, and as a result has relied on populist and polarizing rhetoric, along with fabricated crises, to reconcile these combating ideals and uphold his image of an “anti-status quo politician.” Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Trump, Bullshit, and the Pictures in Our Heads Chapter 2: "I think I know it better than they do": Presidential Rhetoric and Evidence Use Chapter 3: "Very Fine People on Both Sides:" Kategoria, Apologia, and Trump's Response to Charlottesville Chapter 4: "Time to start looking at the other side" : The Rhetoric of Bullshit and Polarization Chapter 5: "American Carnage": Governance under Trump Chapter 6: "Great and Unmatched Wisdom": Foreign Policy under Trump Chapter 7: Conclusion Bibliography About the Authors

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• Authors: Jeffrey Delbert, Delbert Jeffrey, Bernd Kaussler, Bernd Kristiansen Kaussler, Kaussler Bernd, Lars J. Kristiansen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781498594851
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9485-1
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc