| Title | Trump Plays the Devil – the Devil Plays Trump |
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| Contributor | Katharina F. Gallant(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-13-7 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Publisher | Helsinki University Press |
| Published on | 2021-12-13 |
| Long abstract | The presidency of Donald Trump is a core example of the role of sensationalism in politics. Trump has accused political opponents of both devilry and moral degradation, but such accusations have gone both ways. In her examination of German media coverage of Trump, Katharina Gallant shows how Trump has been portrayed as politically and morally inadequate. Bringing together Cohen’s traditional framework with Paul Joosse’s work on charismatic leadership, this chapter illuminates how Trump has emerged as a devil figure for the left wing in Europe, while similarly being someone that the European left-wingers have had few options for dealing with. |
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Dr. Katharina F. Gallant is a senior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn. Her doctoral dissertation in Historical Ethnology from the University of Frankfurt focused on the roles of Barack Obama in the USA and Evo Morales in Bolivia as "bridges of interculturality" and the broader meaning of their election as head of state to the national narrative. In addition to her PhD, she holds a MSc and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Hagen, and a MA in North American Regional Studies from the University of Bonn. In her work and research she focuses on cultural identity, ethnicity, and interculturality in various geographic contexts. Katharina is a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area “Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Futures” of the University of Bonn as well as of Societas Ethica - the European Society for Research in Ethics, and a founding member of DiscourseNet - the International Association for Discourse Studies.