From the Troubles to Trumpism - Ireland and America, 19602023

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism: Ireland and America, 1960-2023 is a history inspired by contemporary Irish literature and also an op-ed that identifies parallels between the socio-economic causes of conflict in Northern Ireland and one possible outcome of Trumpism in contemporary America.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Preface: Dreams, Books and Overdetermination; Chapter 1: "No Irish Need Apply": From the Tenement to the White House; Provocation 1: Trumpism and Troubles: Climatic Censorship, Authoritarian Populism and the Religious Right; Chapter 2: The Long Road to Good Friday, I: From JFK to Jimmy Carter; Provocation 2: A "Careening Circus of Pratfall Embarrassments": Donald Trump in Ireland; Chapter 3: The Long Road to Good Friday, II: From Reagan to Clinton; Provocation 3: Imagined Communities and Historical Memory, Troubles Time and "Trump Time"; Chapter 4: Reading Our Troubles: Seamus Heaney and the Biden Presidency; Provocation 4: Dangerous Demagogues, Fictional and Otherwise; Conclusion: Victims and Martyrs, Troubles and Civil Wars; References; Index

About the author

Stephen Watt is Provost Professor of English Emeritus and Former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Summary

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism: Ireland and America, 19602023 is a history inspired by contemporary Irish literature and also an op-ed that identifies parallels between the socio-economic causes of conflict in Northern Ireland and one possible outcome of Trumpism in contemporary America.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Watt, Watt Stephen
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2024
• EAN: 9781839992643
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-264-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Comparative Politics, History of the Americas, The Americas