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Resurgence of Global Populism provides a psychoanalytic perspective to the global implications of the populist movement in the U.S. and its relationship to other parts of the world, particularly focusing on the presidency and legacy of Donald Trump.
The book explores Trump's use of psychological form of manipulation known as projective identification and how his use of this defense mechanism has influenced global institutions, political discourse, and quality of life in the long term. Messina explores the correlation between Trump's rhetoric and an increase in reported racism and prejudiced violence worldwide, disintegration of global values, and a radicalized political climate. She analyzes the dynamics between Trump and his supporters, political opponents, and successors, considers the COVID-19 pandemic as a study of Trump's views of the world, and considers the roles of social and television media. The book concludes with an explanation of antidotes to projective identification, including thoughtful debate and meaningful discussions and scripted dialogues for global healing.
This insightful book will be of interest to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, academics and students of political psychology and political movements, and readers interested in a deeper analysis of populism and political dynamics.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Author’s Note
Chapter One: Corrupt Systems: Understanding Trumpian Populism
Chapter Two: O Mito: Jair Bolsonaro, Blame Shifting, and Anti-Democratic Tendencies
Chapter Three: Populism in Hungary and America: The Similarities between Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán
Chapter Four: The Forgotten People: Populism in Australia and New Zealand
Chapter Five: Populism in Poland
Chapter Six: Austrian Populism in the 21st Century
Chapter Seven: Populism in India
Chapter Eight: Slow Erosion: Populist Leaders in Western Europe
Chapter Nine: Cincinnatus, Deferred: Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and When Unchecked Populism Turns to Authoritarianism
Chapter Ten: Killer Savior: Populism in the Philippines
Chapter Eleven: Pugnacious Populism in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Chapter Twelve: Common Traits Among Populist Leaders
Chapter Thirteen: It’s Time for Government to Hold Big Tech Accountable
Chapter Fourteen: Behaving Badly: Pandemic Blame Game
Chapter Fifteen: Ecological Grief: Mourning a Changing Planet and Fighting Populist Denialism
Conclusion
Epilogue
About the author
Karyne E. Messina, EdD, is a licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis and serves on the medical staff of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. She maintains a full-time private practice in Chevy Chase and Rockville, Maryland.
Summary
Resurgence of Global Populism provides a psychoanalytic perspective to the global implications of the populist movement in the U.S. and its relationship to other parts of the world, particularly focusing on the presidency and legacy of Donald Trump.
