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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Arlie Russell Hochschild: Stolen Pride and the Rise of the Right
Description: Whatâs the âpride paradoxâ?For all the efforts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, people have often ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. Arlie Russell Hochschild argues that Donald Trump has turned lost pride into stolen pride and shame into blame, and that the result of his rhetorical alchemy has been to weaponize that shame and introduce a potent blend of anger and often violent rhetoricâundermining democracy and highlighting revenge.Hochschildâs research for her book Stolen Pride drew...