{"product_id":"the-politics-of-resentment-a-genealogy","title":"The Politics of Resentment: A Genealogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the days and weeks following the tragic 2011 shooting of nineteen Arizonans  including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords  there were a number of public discussions about the role that rhetoric might have played in this horrific event. In question was the use of violent and hateful rhetoric that has come to dominate American political discourse on television  on the radio  and at the podium. A number of more recent school shootings have given this debate a renewed sense of urgency  as have the continued use of violent metaphors in public address and the dishonorable state of Americas partisan gridlock. This conversation  unfortunately  has been complicated by a collective cultural numbness to violence. But that does not mean that fruitful conversations should not continue. In The Politics of Resentment  Jeremy Engels picks up this thread  examining the costs of violent political rhetoric for our society and the future of democracy. The Politics of Resentment traces the rise of especially violent rhetoric in American public discourse by investigating key events in American history. Engels analyzes how resentful rhetoric has long been used by public figures in order to achieve political ends. He goes on to show how a more devastating form of resentment started in the 1960s  dividing Americans on issues of structural inequalities and foreign policy. He discusses  for example  the rhetorical and political contexts that have made the mobilization of groups such as Nixons silent majority and the present Tea Party possible. Now  in an age of recession and sequestration  many Americans believe that they have been given a raw deal and experience feelings of injustice in reaction to events beyond individual control. With The Politics of Resentment  Engels wants to make these feelings of victimhood politically productive by challenging the toxic rhetoric that takes us there  by defusing it  and by enabling citizens to have the kinds of conversations we need to have in order to fight for life  liberty  and equality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983779524661,"sku":"ByrdShop_0271066644","price":34.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780271066646.jpg?v=1770810057","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-politics-of-resentment-a-genealogy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}