Tag Archives: Regeneration through Violence

America’s Political Violence Problem

By Robin Bates | Published: September 27, 2023

Some see Trump as a “stochastic terrorism,” inciting others to violence. Cormac McCarthy may understand as well as anyone what’s going on.

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MAGA & Regeneration thru Violence

By Robin Bates | Published: August 21, 2023

MAGA’s increasingly violent rhetoric fits a long American tradition of regeneration through violence.

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Trumpism and the Violence Myth

By Robin Bates | Published: August 1, 2022

Slotkin says that “the” American myth is regeneration through violence. That myth can be seen in the Western, including in “Lonesome Dove” and “Blood Meridian.”

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Can a Dream Hold Us Together?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 5, 2018

In “Midnight’s Children,” Rushdie shows the forces destroying India’s dream of national unity. Americans will find it familiar.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Constitution, Declaration of Independence, founding fathers, Gunfighter Nation, Midnight's Children, Richard Slotkin, Salman Rushdie | Comments closed