Overview

The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the peak of Donald Trump’s populist strategy during his first term. His goal was to gain support through confrontation and by portraying others as enemies. This book examines Trump’s public image from a culture and media studies perspective. It explores how his political style during his rise to the presidency was shaped by social conflicts, how he escalated these tensions, and how he benefited from polarization. The contributions focus on Trump’s first term, highlighting how his rhetoric during the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVD-19 crisis, as well as his promotion of conspiracy theories and attacks on political institutions, pushed American society to the brink of civil war. They discuss Trump’s use of media and his politics of emotion, framing him as the “Great Disruptor” in the context of popular culture, fragmented public discourse, and aggressive rhetoric.  

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Author:   Lars Koch ,  Tobias Nanz ,  Christina Rogers
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag
ISBN:  

9783662711545

ISBN 10:   3662711540
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   02 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   German

Table of Contents

The Great Disruptor. Eine Annäherung.- TIRED TRUMP oder: Die Ermüdung der Theorie.- Trump als Symptom: Populistische Schockpolitik und die Krise der Demokratie.- Orange is the new Black Box – Trump und Szenen der Herabsetzung.- Der Pussy-Präsident. Sexuelle Konterrevolution versus Feministischer Civil War.- Keine Disruption außer der eigenen: Donald Trump vs. Black Activism.- Donald Trumps Medien.- Madman im Digitalen. Donald Trumps Rückgriff auf eine Figur des Kalten Krieges.- Die rhetorischen Strategien von @realDonaldTrump und die Verweigerung diskursiver Argumentation.- Sprache, Subjektivität und das Problem der Mentalisierung. Elemente einer psychoanalytischen Sozialpsychologie des rechten Populismus.- Zu einer Ästhetik des Populismus. Teil I: Der populistische Erscheinungsraum.

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Lars Koch is a professor of modern German literature and media culture at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Tobias Nanz is a research associate at the professorship for European media studies at the Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany and, as part of his Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, an associate professor at the Department of Culture and Language at the Syddansk Universitet Odense Denmark. Christina Rogers is coordinator of gender and diversity projects for the first Executive Vice President of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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