Trump’s Followers: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis uses semiotic theory, psychoanalytic theory, and sociological theory to analyze Donald Trump’s followers and to understand what motivates them and explain why they behave the way they do when at his rallies. It makes use of ideas from Gustave Le Bon’s classic The Crowd, ideas from Freud about the psyche and social groups, and works by many other important scholars and writers. The book is written in an accessible style and is illustrated with many drawings by the author.
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This book uses semiotic theory, psychoanalytic theory and sociological theory to analyze Trump’s followers and to understand what motivates them and explain why they behave the way they do when at his rallies.
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List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgments – The Semiotics of Language – Individual Number One: Donald Trump, King of the "Deplorables" – Trump’s Base: A Study in Social Psychology – A Freudian Analysis of Trump’s "Deplorables" – Politics and the "Deplorables" – Sociological Theory and the "Deplorables" – Karl Marx and the "Deplorables" – Coda – Glossary – References – About the Author – Index.
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ISBN
9781433181184
Publisert
2020
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Vendor
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Vekt
279 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Arthur Asa Berger (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. He has published more than one hundred articles and eighty books on media, popular culture, semiotics, and humor. His books have been translated into ten languages.