strangers in their own land by arlie russell hochschild

Arlie Hochschild’s recent book, Strangers in their Own Land, which tries to come to grips with this phenomenon in its American variant – that is, the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump – refreshingly avoids the moralistic cul-de-sac.įor her study, Hochschild visited and actually lived in a Deep South state (Louisiana) for five years. Often enough, answers to this riddle are couched in moralising terms, showing resentment and scorn towards those social groups that actually vote for right-wing political parties. The question of why it is that right-wing politics, especially in their populist and socially detrimental versions, are on the rise in our time seems a rather hard nut to crack for contemporary social scientists. Hands in the Oily Kitchen Sink – on Arlie Hochschild’s Strangers in their Own Land Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. While the book may struggle to ultimately explain the origins of this phenomenon, Hochschild’s intense immersion in the field and her use of interconnected research methods make it a valuable contribution to sociological understanding of this topic.

In Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, Arlie Russell Hochschild explores the ‘deep story’ behind the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump in the USA, drawing on close contact with her research subjects over a five-year period of living in Louisiana.

Strangers in their own land by arlie russell hochschild