On indignation / Don Watson
- Bib ID:
- 8168020
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Watson, Don, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Digital original.
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- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2020
- ©2008
- 1 online resource (96 pages)
- ISBN:
- 9780733644221 (EPUB : : :)
- Series:
- Little books on big ideas
- Summary:
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Corrosive, mad and frequently fatal, indignation is a great destructive force in human affairs, and just as often a wellspring of mirth and merriment. Don Watson traces this seemingly ineradicable emotion in a journey that takes us, via his forebears, Flaubert and The Sopranos, from the Old Testament to Donald Trump. Trump's pitch had less to do with offering voters money and security than with offering them vengeance. He exploited the anger we feel when we are slighted or taken for granted, turning the politics of a sophisticated democracy into something more like a blood feud. He promised to restore dignity, slay enemies, re-make the world according to old rites and customs. He stirred indignation into tribal rage and rode it into the White House. It was a scam, of course, but wherever there is indignation, stupidity and lies abound. 'Indignation is both seductive and contagious, and transforms society and politics. Don Watson's essay is penetrating, astringent, witty and disturbing. It must be read, carefully.' Barry Jones.
- Notes:
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- First published 2008. This edition published in 2018.
- College higher education ; Professional and scholarly ; General trade.
- Subject:
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- Anger -- Religious aspects
- Anger
- Revenge -- Political aspects
- anger
- Literary Collections - Essays
- Literary essays
- Philosophy / Social
- Political ideologies
- Political leaders & leadership
- Political Science - Democracy
- Political Science - Essays
- Political Science - General
- Political Science - Practical Politics
- Political structures: democracy
- Political subversion
- Psychology - Emotions
- Psychology - General
- Psychology
- Psychology: emotions
- Social & cultural history
- Social & political philosophy
- Social interaction
- Society & culture: general
- Society & social sciences
- Sociology
- Australian
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