President Trump: celebrity-in-chief and the desecration of political authority
2020; Routledge; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/19392397.2020.1704391
ISSN1939-2400
Autores Tópico(s)Rhetoric and Communication Studies
ResumoThis article argues that Donald Trump's persona and his dismissal of established conventions work to position him as a celebrity-in-chief who desecrates politics, political authority and the political scene. To pursue this, I draw on sociological and philosophical analyses of political authority developed by sociologists (including Lowenthal, Sennett and Arendt) alongside later work on political persona, celebrity and political appeal. I explore historical changes in the social function and appeal of role models and celebrity and reflect on how these changes have contributed towards a decline in political authority. The final section focuses on Trump's early days in power to illustrate how he is represented and read as a rogue celebrity politician who has desecrated political authority. This is achieved through a critical engagement with Michael Wolff's 2018 fly-on-the-wall account of life inside Team Trump entitled Fire and Fury: Inside the White House.
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