Passend zur heutigen Vereidigung von Trump kam mir eine interessante Studie in die Mailbox, welche Trump´s Populismus auf dem Hintergrund der Frankfurter Schule (Studien zum "autoritären Charaker") analysiert:
In Kurzform im Blog:
How The Frankfurt School Helps Us To Understand Donald Trump’s Twitter Populism
Die Studie:
Donald Trump: A Critical Theory-Perspective on Authoritarian Capitalism
Abstract: This paper analyses economic power, state power and ideological power in the age of Donald Trump with the help of critical theory. It applies the critical theory approaches of thinkers such as Franz Neumann, Theodor W. Adorno and Erich Fromm. It analyses changes of US capitalism that have together with political anxiety and demagoguery brought about the rise of Donald Trump. This article draws attention to the importance of state theory for understanding Trump and the changes of politics that his rule may bring about. ..........