College Composition and Communication Dec 2019

Reaffirming Critical Composition Studies as an Antidote to Trumpian Authoritarianism

Donald Lazere

Abstract

Public discussion of “the authoritarian personality” returned with the election of President Trump. This article traces the rise of that concept and broader study of mass society in American social science, with adaptations into composition studies from the 1960s to the 1990s—followed by their lamentable eclipse under a lethal combination of forces since then.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201930424
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing

Citation Context

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