[EL] My latest: “The Intellectual Origins of the Trump Presidency and the Construction of Contemporary American Politics.”

[Schultz, David]

My latest: “The Intellectual Origins of the Trump Presidency and the
Construction of Contemporary American Politics.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/20/the-intellectual-origins-of-the-trump-presidency-and-the-construction-of-contemporary-american-politics/

A summary from the introduction:

It is foolish to think that Trumpism and Trumpistas are merely a product of
personality. To believe that is to assume that Donald Trump is sui generis,
elected under unique circumstances and that the politics and polices
produced under him are tied to him. Believing that means also that once
Trump leaves office, be in 2020 or beyond, Trumpism will end. . .

. . .The intellectual roots that have made the Trump presidency possible
are trifold: The American Political Science Association’s (APSA) advocacy
for strong political parties; Neo-conservative unitary executive
constitutional scholarship; and Nietzschean-Postmodern journalistic
theories denying the validity of objective truth.

-- 
David Schultz, Professor
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My latest book:  Presidential Swing States:  Why Only Ten Matter
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