Professor Kate Manne, "Trickle Down Aggression" and Populism

Kate Manne (FGSS and Philosophy) was quoted on her concept of “trickle-down aggression” in a Guardian article on Populism.

"Populists reduce political issues to questions of belonging, and then attack those who are said not to belong. That is not a matter of mere rhetoric. Sooner or later, the appeal to the real people – and the exclusion of supposedly fake people – will have effects on streets and squares: Trump rallies have been associated with a local increase in assaults. The concept of “trickle-down aggression” – coined by the feminist philosopher Kate Manne – captures this dynamic."

Read the story in The Guardian

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