Tropes of Intolerance - Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Fear

Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a course on racism, nationalism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. The author addresses pride and prejudice; the emblems of enmity - words, symbols and chauvinistic expressions; authoritarian leadership and the populist exploitation of vulnerable people in the past and in the Age of Trump.

Sommario

Preface
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Badges of Bigotry
3. Wrapped in the Flag
4. Exploitable Angst
5. The Politics of Fear
6. Malevolent Ideologies
Coda
Epilogue
Appendices
Glossary

Info autore

The author, sociologist and ethnographer Peter I. Rose, is Sophia Smith Professor Emeritus at Smith College and a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Institute for Research in Social Science. Among his other books on race, ethnicity, immigration and the dilemmas of diversity are They and We, The Ghetto and Beyond, The Subject is Race, Strangers in Their Midst, Americans from Africa, Tempest-Tost, The Dispossessed, and Mainstream and Margins Revisited: Sixty Years of Commentary on American Minorities.

Riassunto

Tropes of Intolerance is a Baedeker of bigotry, a course on racism, nationalism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. The author addresses pride and prejudice; the emblems of enmity – words, symbols and chauvinistic expressions; authoritarian leadership and the populist exploitation of vulnerable people in the past and in the Age of Trump.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Rose
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367274900
• ISBN: 978-0-367-27490-0
• Pagine: 182
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General