Entendendo o Trumpismo: Política e Cultura em uma Era de Globalização

Authors

  • Mark S. Weiner Faculdade de Direito Rutgers. J.D., Faculdade de Direito de Yale; Ph.D., Estudos Americanos, Universidade de Yale; A.B., American Studies, Stanford University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v21i2.1807

Abstract

In this essay, I consider Donald Trump’s electoral victory – how did it happen? – and Trumpism as a movement – what does it mean? My concerns are philosophical and non-partisan, but they are driven by a commitment to liberal constitutionalism as a form of government and liberalism as a political creed. I first describe in neutral, rhetorically cool terms how Donald Trump won the 2016 American presidential election. This description is granular. Then, in the second half of the essay, I meditate more abstractly on Trumpism as both a political movement and a movement of ideas. I first describe how populism in general, and Trumpism in particular, is a political response to a crisis of democratic representation driven by globalization. Next, turning to philosophy, I present arguments about the nature of political community made by the German anti-liberal legal theorist Carl Schmitt, with whose work aspects of President Trump’s domestic and foreign policy strongly resonate. I conclude with some reflections on the meaning of Trumpism for the future of liberalism.

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Author Biography

Mark S. Weiner, Faculdade de Direito Rutgers. J.D., Faculdade de Direito de Yale; Ph.D., Estudos Americanos, Universidade de Yale; A.B., American Studies, Stanford University.

Professor de Direito, Faculdade de Direito Rutgers. J.D., Faculdade de Direito de Yale; Ph.D., Estudos Americanos, Universidade de Yale; A.B., American Studies, Stanford University.

 

Rutgers Law School

S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice

123 Washington Street

Newark, NJ 07102, U.S.A.

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Published

2020-11-26

How to Cite

Weiner, M. S. (2020). Entendendo o Trumpismo: Política e Cultura em uma Era de Globalização. Revista De Direitos E Garantias Fundamentais, 21(2), 77–96. https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v21i2.1807

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State, Constitutional Democracy and Fundamental Rights