Publication

2018-02-20 - Pluto Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100745337961
  • ISBN-139780745337968
  • OCLC Control Number1025422536
  • Better World Books9780745337968
  • Open LibraryOL27376646M

Classifications

  • LCCHM851
  • LCCHM851 .F82 2018

Description

From 'Covfefe' to #FraudNewsCNN and #FakeNews, Donald Trump's tweets have caused an international frenzy. He is a reality TV and Twitter-President, who uses digital and entertainment culture as an ideological weapon - as an expression of his authoritarianism. This book delves into new political-economic structures as expressed through political communication to explain the rise of authoritarian capitalism, nationalism and right-wing ideology throughout the world. Christian Fuchs does this through updating Marxist theory and the Frankfurt School's critical theory. He re-invigorates the works on authoritarianism of Franz L. Neumann, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse, Max Horkheimer, Wilhelm Reich, Leo Löwenthal and Klaus Theweleit in the age of Trump and Twitter. In the age of big data and social media, Digital Demagogue studies the expressions of ideology, nationalism and authoritarianism today and discusses prospects for overcoming capitalism and renewing the Left.--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and TwitterPaperbackPluto Press2018-02-20

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