Trump and the Deeper Crisis
While many analysts emphasize Trump’s uniqueness, he can also be viewed as a symptom of a deeper systemic crisis. This collection examines the roots, impacts, and future prospects of Trumpism as well as the possibilities for combatting it.
Chapters analyze the role of racism and xenophobia, evangelical religion, and elite support in enabling Trump’s political ascent, demonstrating how both his demagogic style and his policies draw from the historic repertoire of the Right. The authors also trace the impacts of his presidency on inequality, health, ecological destruction, and U.S. empire. As far-right forces cement their hold on the Republican Party, and as the Democratic Party appears unable to stop them, what lies ahead? The authors argue that confronting Trumpism requires a frontal attack on the conditions that incubated the monster.
Kevin A. Young is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A. His research interests include the history of Latin America, imperialism, political economy, social movements, and political sociology.
Michael Schwartz is Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus, at Stony Brook University, New York, U.S.A. His research areas include political economy, social movements, social network analysis, racism and racification, globalization and war, and critical pedagogy.
Richard Lachmann was Professor of Sociology at the University of Albany, New York, U.S.A. He authored or edited many books, including Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe (2000), States and Power (2010), What Is Historical Sociology? (2013), and First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers (2020). He died unexpectedly prior to the completion of this volume.