The Trajectory of Trumpism - Talking about Racism, Fascism, Civil War, and Beyond

This book examines the ways Trump and his allies talk so as to normalize their extremism. Trumpism as a discourse operates on two levels where first there are extremist statements, such lies, misinformation, and conspiracy theories that are deployed to demonize enemies, and then on a second level those extremist statements get recharacterized to minimize their outrageousness and thereby work to normalize and even legitimate them.

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• 23/06/2025

About the author

Sanford F. Schram is Professor Emeritus in the Political Science Department at Hunter College, CUNY. He is also Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science at Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY). Schram has published a number of books, including Words of Welfare (1995) and Disciplining the Poor (2011), co-authored with Joe Soss and Richard Fording, both of which received the Michael Harrington Best Book Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science (CNPS). Schram is a recipient of the CNPS Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award. His most recent book, co-authored with Richard Fording, is entitled Hard White: The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Schram Sanford F.
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2025
• EAN: 9780197827390
• ISBN: 978-0-19-782739-0
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage