<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div>Yeon-Ju Bae asks Adam Hodges questions about his new book, When Words Trump Politics</div><div>on the CaMP anthropology blog today.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://campanthropology.org">https://campanthropology.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please check it out,</div><div>Best,</div><div>Ilana</div><div><br></div><div>Press blurb:Trumpism has not only ushered in a new political regime, but
also a new regime of language—one that cries out for intelligent and informed
analysis. When Words Trump Politics takes insights from linguistic
anthropology and related fields to decode, understand, and ultimately provide
non-expert readers with easily digestible tools to resist the politics of
division and hate.<br></div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adam Hodges's short essays address Trump's Twitter insults,
racism and white nationalism, "truthiness" and "alternative
facts," #FakeNews and conspiracy theories, Supreme Court politics and
#MeToo, Islamophobia, political theater, and many other timely and
controversial discussions. Hodges breaks down the specific linguistic
techniques and processes that make Trump's rhetoric successful in our
contemporary political landscape. He identifies the language ideologies, word
choices, and recurring metaphors that underlie Trumpian rhetoric. Trumpian
discourse works in tandem with media discourse—Hodges shows how Trump often
induces journalists and social media agents to recycle and strengthen his
spectacular and misleading claims.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Those who study democracy have long emphasized the need for
an informed electorate. But being informed on political issues also demands a
keen understanding of the way language is used to convey, discuss, debate, and
contest those issues. When Words Trump Politics analyzes the
political rhetoric of today. The actionable insights in this book give
journalists, politicians, and all Americans the successful tools they need to
respond to the politics of hate. When Words Trump Politics is an
essential resource for political resistance, for anyone who cares about freeing
democracy from the spell of demagoguery.<span></span></p>
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