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The Resource The cruelty is the point : the past, present, and future of Trump's America, Adam Serwer

The cruelty is the point : the past, present, and future of Trump's America, Adam Serwer

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Summary
Serwer chronicles the Trump administration not as an aberration but as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on. Serwer is less interested in the presidential spectacle than in the ideological and structural currents behind Trump<U+2019>s rise<U+2014>including a media that was often blindsided by the ugly realities of what the administration represented and how it came to be. Serwer<U+2019>s writing is haunted by ghosts of an unresolved American past, a past that torments the present. In bracing new essays and previously published works, he explores white nationalism, myths about migration, the political power of police unions, and the many faces of anti-Semitism. For all the dynamics he examines, cruelty is the glue, the binding agent of a movement fueled by fear and exclusion. Serwer argues that rather than pretending these four years didn<U+2019>t happen or dismissing them as a brief moment of madness, we must face what made them possible
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 358 pages
Contents
  • Promises made, promises kept
  • The cruelty of backlash
  • Is this the second redemption?
  • The cruelty of the lost cause
  • The myth of the kindly General Lee
  • The cruelty of the lies we tell ourselves
  • The nationalist's delusion
  • The cruelty of reconciliation
  • Civility is overrated
  • The cruelty of the mob
  • The cruelty is the point
  • The cruelty of the nativists
  • White nationalism's deep American roots
  • The cruelty of the Stephen Millers
  • Not the right way
  • The cruelty of conspiracy
  • Why Tamika Mallory won't condemn Farrakhan
  • The cruelty of exclusion
  • What we do now will define us forever
  • The cruelty of Philo-Semitism
  • The Jewish divide
  • The cruelty of the Covid contract
  • The Coronavirus was an emergency until Trump found out who was dying
  • The cruelty of the code of silence
  • Abolish police unions
  • The cruelty of the president
  • The new reconstruction
  • The slow fall of authoritarian America
Isbn
9780593230800
Instance
Label
The cruelty is the point : the past, present, and future of Trump's America
Title
The cruelty is the point
Title remainder
the past, present, and future of Trump's America
Statement of responsibility
Adam Serwer
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Serwer chronicles the Trump administration not as an aberration but as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on. Serwer is less interested in the presidential spectacle than in the ideological and structural currents behind Trump<U+2019>s rise<U+2014>including a media that was often blindsided by the ugly realities of what the administration represented and how it came to be. Serwer<U+2019>s writing is haunted by ghosts of an unresolved American past, a past that torments the present. In bracing new essays and previously published works, he explores white nationalism, myths about migration, the political power of police unions, and the many faces of anti-Semitism. For all the dynamics he examines, cruelty is the glue, the binding agent of a movement fueled by fear and exclusion. Serwer argues that rather than pretending these four years didn<U+2019>t happen or dismissing them as a brief moment of madness, we must face what made them possible
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Serwer, Adam
Dewey number
305.800973/0905
Index
no index present
LC call number
E185.615
LC item number
.S395 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Trump, Donald
  • Racism
  • Antisemitism
  • Cruelty
  • Communication in politics
  • United States
  • United States
Label
The cruelty is the point : the past, present, and future of Trump's America, Adam Serwer
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Include bibliographical references (pages 327-358)
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Promises made, promises kept -- The cruelty of backlash -- Is this the second redemption? -- The cruelty of the lost cause -- The myth of the kindly General Lee -- The cruelty of the lies we tell ourselves -- The nationalist's delusion -- The cruelty of reconciliation -- Civility is overrated -- The cruelty of the mob -- The cruelty is the point -- The cruelty of the nativists -- White nationalism's deep American roots -- The cruelty of the Stephen Millers -- Not the right way -- The cruelty of conspiracy -- Why Tamika Mallory won't condemn Farrakhan -- The cruelty of exclusion -- What we do now will define us forever -- The cruelty of Philo-Semitism -- The Jewish divide -- The cruelty of the Covid contract -- The Coronavirus was an emergency until Trump found out who was dying -- The cruelty of the code of silence -- Abolish police unions -- The cruelty of the president -- The new reconstruction -- The slow fall of authoritarian America
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 358 pages
Isbn
9780593230800
Lccn
2021001751
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1257031830
  • (OCoLC)1257031830
Label
The cruelty is the point : the past, present, and future of Trump's America, Adam Serwer
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Include bibliographical references (pages 327-358)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Promises made, promises kept -- The cruelty of backlash -- Is this the second redemption? -- The cruelty of the lost cause -- The myth of the kindly General Lee -- The cruelty of the lies we tell ourselves -- The nationalist's delusion -- The cruelty of reconciliation -- Civility is overrated -- The cruelty of the mob -- The cruelty is the point -- The cruelty of the nativists -- White nationalism's deep American roots -- The cruelty of the Stephen Millers -- Not the right way -- The cruelty of conspiracy -- Why Tamika Mallory won't condemn Farrakhan -- The cruelty of exclusion -- What we do now will define us forever -- The cruelty of Philo-Semitism -- The Jewish divide -- The cruelty of the Covid contract -- The Coronavirus was an emergency until Trump found out who was dying -- The cruelty of the code of silence -- Abolish police unions -- The cruelty of the president -- The new reconstruction -- The slow fall of authoritarian America
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 358 pages
Isbn
9780593230800
Lccn
2021001751
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1257031830
  • (OCoLC)1257031830

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