Henk de Berg on his book 'Hitler and Trump: A Comparative Study in Lying' (2024)

00:00 What is it you’re trying to achieve with the book?
00:41 How does that work?
01:00 Can you give an example?
02:36 What about their rhetorical strategies?
04:55 So the comparison works in two directions: Analysing Hitler helps you understand Trump better, and analysing the ‘Führer’ enables you to understand the American better?
The book 'Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying' (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2024) link.springer.com/book/10.100... by Prof. Henk de Berg (Sheffield) examines similarities and differences between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler as 'political performance artists', focuses on their approach to politics, including use of popular culture, self-staging, rhetoric and lies, and throws new light on National Socialism by looking at Hitler through the perspective of Trumpian populism.
Chapters
Self-Staging: Aura and Appearance, Pages 1-52
Corruption and Money, Pages 53-93
Enemies, Scapegoats, and Conspiracy Theories, Pages 95-123
The Establishment, the Elite, and the Experts, Pages 125-152
Identity and Negative Myths, Pages 153-184
Leadership Style, Pages 185-212
Speeches, Lies, and Narrative (Un-)Truth, Pages 213-260