When Trump became president, much of the country was repelled by
what they saw as the vulgar spectacle of his ascent, a perversion
of the highest office in the land. In his bold, innovative book,
Political Perversion, rhetorician Joshua Gunn argues that this
"mean-spirited turn" in American politics (of which Trump is the
paragon) is best understood as a structural perversion in our
common culture, on a continuum with infantile and "gotcha" forms of
entertainment meant to engender provocation and sadistic enjoyment.
Drawing on insights from critical theory, media ecology, and
psychoanalysis, Gunn argues that perverse rhetorics dominate not
only the political sphere but also our daily interactions with
others, in person and online. From sexting to campaign rhetoric,
Gunn advances a new way to interpret our contemporary political
context that explains why so many of us have difficulty deciphering
the appeal of aberrant public figures. In this book, Trump is only
the tip of a sinister, rapidly growing iceberg, one to which we
ourselves unwittingly contribute on a daily basis.
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