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The Politics of Resentment : A Genealogy by Engels, Jeremy (author.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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In the days and weeks following the tragic 2011 shooting of nineteen Arizonans, including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, there were a number of public discussions about the role that rhetoric might have played in this horrific event. In question was the use of violent and hateful rhetoric that has come to dominate American political discourse on television, on the radio, and at the podium.A number of more recent school shootings have given this debate a renewed sense of urgency, as have the continued use of violent metaphors in public address and the dishonorable state of America s partisan gridlock. This conversation, unfortunately, has been complicated by a collective cultural numbness to violence. But that does not mean that fruitful conversations should not continue.In The Politics of Resentment, Jeremy Engels picks up this thread, examining the costs of violent political rhetoric for our society and the future of democracy.The Politics of Resentment traces the rise of especially violent rhetoric in American public discourse by investigating key events in American history. Engels analyzes how resentful rhetoric has long been used by public figures in order to achieve politic
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Engels, Jeremy (author.)
- Publisher
- The Pennsylvania State University Press,
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780271066646
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, History, Sociology
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14