James Frazer

(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Science & Technology, The CubitJuly 19, 2016

Trump’s Magical Appeal: A Dated Anthropologist Offers Clues

By Elijah Siegler

There’s a new cottage industry devoted to explanations of the quasi-mystical appeal of Donald Trump….

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"'Thy rod is thy gun' with a hip thrust—that is the intersectionality of fascism. I hope there’s enough about the militant eroticism in this book for people to understand that." @JeffSharlet speaks with @ardenthistorian on his new book, The Undertow: https://t.co/aOsLrWIMF7

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@TaylorMatthewD: I recommend reading Kenneth Woodward's strange op-ed in @washingtonpost (https://t.co/n5cpAevHHH) denying the prevalence of #ChristianNationalism back to back with @BradleyOnishi's newest piece on @RDispatches (https://t.co/VwbB77vpLW). Brad really shows Woodward's speciousness.

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.@robertpjones: "White Christian identity is the moral glue holding [strong Republicans] together. Its apocalyptic worldview—where the end of preserving a White Christian America justifies a by-any-means-necessary politics—legitimates support for Trump." https://t.co/iYvNXW20dZ

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