[Linganth] today on the blog - Adam Hodges

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Yeon-Ju Bae asks Adam Hodges questions about his new book, When Words Trump
Politics
on the CaMP anthropology blog today.

https://campanthropology.org

Please check it out,
Best,
Ilana

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.

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.


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.
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