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Author(s): | Pusceddu, A.M. |
Date: | 2021 |
Title: | “We need a bit of Trumpism”: Anger and resentment in austerity Italy |
Volume: | 8 |
Number: | 3 |
Pages: | 117 - 136 |
ISSN: | 2281-4043 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.14672/ada20211831119-138 |
Keywords: | Austerity Clientelism Corruption Relatedness The state |
Abstract: | In this article, I look at anger and resentment as intertwined feelings underlying popular reactions to the perception of state failure in tackling social disparities. I adopt a perspective that articulates the anthropological study of the state with the Gramscian theorization of the integral state. I examine how anger and resentment shape the everyday perceptions of politics in the urban periphery of Brindisi. I organize my analysis around the examination of a corruption scandal that led to the mayor's arrest, which I deploy as the prism to explore popular relatedness to the state, highlighting the ‘disconnection of feeling’ between the political elite and popular classes. I argue that by framing the resentful feelings of the latter through the idea of disconnection, we can advance a useful description of the relatedness to the state in the current historical conjuncture. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CRIA-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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