Under the Cover of Chaos by Lawrence Grossberg

Under the Cover of Chaos by Lawrence Grossberg

Are Donald Trump's irrationality, cruelty, and bombast symptoms of his personality? Is the chaos surrounding him a sign of his incompetence? Are his populism, illiberalism and nationalism just cynical appeals to existing feelings of abandonment, resentment and rage? Lawrence Grossberg shows that the truth is bigger and more frightening. Locating Trumpism in the long struggle among traditional conservatism, the new right and the reactionary right, he suggests that the chaos is far more significant and strategic ... and dangerous. Taking the arguments of the reactionary right seriously, he projects a possible, nightmarish future: a cultural nationalism governed by a popular corporatocracy. He lays bare how contemporary political struggles are being shaped by a changing national landscape of moods and feelings, marked by a growing absolutism of judgement and belief, and new forms of anxiety, alienation and narcissism.

'A profound and insightful analysis of the diverse forces that have led to Trump's electionEveryone should read this book if they want to understand the rise of authoritarianism in the United States'

-- Henry Giroux, McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest, author of On Critical Pedagogy

'This is a timely book, to say the least. Beyond the moment, however, Grossberg's vision is thought-provoking, stirring, even exciting as well as frightening because it shows that there are new things to say about the morass of American and other democratic politics today and new ways to understand our situation. It's also a rattling good read'

-- Meaghan Morris, University of Sydney

Lawrence Grossberg has been writing about popular culture, youth culture and political culture in post-WW2 United States, for over four decades. He is the Morris Davis Distinguished Professor in Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina. He is internationally recognised as a leading figure in Cultural Studies, and his work has been translated into eighteen languages. He is the author of Under the Cover of Chaos (Pluto, 2017), We All Want to Change the World (2015), Cultural Studies in the Future Tense (Duke, 2010) and Caught in the Crossfire (Routledge, 2005) amongst many other works.

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ISBN 13	9780745337913
ISBN 10	0745337910
Title	Under the Cover of Chaos
Author	Lawrence Grossberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	2018-01-20
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of National Communication Association, Diamond Anniversary Book Award 2019 (United States)
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