1st Edition

Donald Trump in Historical Perspective Dead Precedents

Edited By Michael Harvey Copyright 2022
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

Donald Trump in Historical Perspective: Dead Precedents  is a collection of chapters that utilizes the thinking of historians, philosophers, and political scientists to explore historical parallels to the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the 45 th President of the United States of America. This collection provides an extensive analysis on the ways Trump’s impulsiveness, breaking of norms, and... Read more

Series Foreword

Ronald E. Riggio

Contributors

1. Introduction: History’s Rhymes

Michael Harvey

2. Plutarch and the precedents for Dead Precedents

Mallory Monaco Caterine

3. The Politics of Anger: Donald Trump and Cleon of Athens

Mark A. Menaldo

4. Plato’s Tyrant and Donald Trump's (In)authentic Leadership."

Alfonso Vergaray

5. Politics as Theater: Trump and Machiavelli’s Political Actors

Michael Harvey

6. Populism from Above: Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and the Politics of White Vengeance

Jason Opal

7. Idols of Consumption: From Mussolini to Trump

Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi

8. Donald Trump, Mao Zedong and Religious Anti-Intellectualism

Bin Song

9. From Dog Whistles to Fog Horns: Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and Their Silent Majorities

Sarah Thelen

10. Conclusion: In the Twilight of Trump’s Idols

Mark A. Menaldo and Michael Harvey

Biography

Michael Harvey is Provost and Dean, Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.