From Brexit to Trump: Anthropology and the rise of nationalist populism

Brexit and Donald Trump's election victory are symptoms of a new nationalist populism in western Europe and the United States. This political and ideological movement has arisen in reaction to reconfigurations of power, wealth, and identity that are endemic to global neoliberalism. In the Unite...

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Published in:American ethnologist Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 209 - 214
Main Author: GUSTERSON, HUGH
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Arlington Wiley Subscription Services 01.05.2017
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:
Anthropologists
Anthropology
Bourgeoisie
Brexit
Brexit, Trump, and Anthropology: Forum
class
Donald Trump
Elections
Ethnography
EU membership
Identity
identity politics
Nationalism
Neoliberalism
political parties
Political power
Populism
Power
race
Reflexivity
Trump, Donald J
Wealth
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
ISSN:0094-0496, 1548-1425
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Summary:Brexit and Donald Trump's election victory are symptoms of a new nationalist populism in western Europe and the United States. This political and ideological movement has arisen in reaction to reconfigurations of power, wealth, and identity that are endemic to global neoliberalism. In the United States, however, the media's dominant "blue-collar narrative" about Trump's victory simplifies the relationship between neoliberalism and nationalist populism by ignoring the role of the petty bourgeoisie and the wealthy in Trump's coalition. An anthropology of Trump requires ethnographies of communities largely shunned by anthropologists as well as reftexivity about the unintended role of universities in producing support for Trump.
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ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425
DOI:10.1111/amet.12469