The Politics of Resentment: A Genealogy

by Jeremy Engels

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271066644
• ISBN13: 9780271066646
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.1"