The Politics of Cruelty

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Abstract

The authoritarian tendencies evident in the Trump campaign and administration are framed by the idea of a “politics of cruelty,“ drawing on Judith Shlkar’s idea of the ”liberalism of fear,” current research using authoritarianism theory, and arguments concerning the impact of the political theology of white Christian nationalism.

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Kivisto, P. (2019). The Politics of Cruelty. Sociological Quarterly, 60(2), 191–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1593060

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