PART 5: How does Trump's assassination attempt change perceptions of him? Anthropologist Dr Yancey Orr provides his thoughts on how to understand the cultural impact of that moment.
This is an excerpt of the USSC Briefing Room episode From strongman to living martyr: How Trump’s assassination attempt changes his image. Listen to the full episode here:
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Is this sort of confluence of religion and then the cultural and political ideas of 'strongmen' or 'big men,' is that common? And how does the religious element shape the narrative around that?
Yes. So there is, in the cult of personality, which is the way in which an individual who leads a community is thought to be special or unique.
Not that they're a great administrator, but they have these characteristics or not that they have the right policy, but they themselves have this innate quality that makes them worthy of leading, that represents the greatness of the people that they lead. So, in Donald Trump, and so within a Christian country, which the United States is predominantly Christian, that this is sort of the idiom in which this is understood or expressed, right?
23 июл 2024
