Author: Clyde W. Barrow

Clyde W. Barrow is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of Toward a Critical Theoy of States: The Poulantzas-Miliband Debate After Globalization (SUNY Press, 2016) and his newest book is The Dangerous Class: The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat (University of Michigan Press, 2020).

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald J. Trump: A Response to Bryan Palmer

Bryan Palmer’s recent contribution to The Bullet (September 28, 2020) offers an interpretation of Donald Trump’s class politics, which purports to challenge my comparison of Donald Trump and Louis Napoleon … Keep reading »

USA • October 14, 2020 • Clyde W. Barrow
Donald Trump: A New Emperor of the Lumpenproletariat?

In The Dangerous Class: The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming 2020), I argue that US President Donald Trump should be understood as a “Prince of the … Keep reading »

USA • August 30, 2020 • Clyde W. Barrow
The Deconstruction of the American State /w Clyde Barrow

A month after Donald Trump took office as 45th President of the United States, his chief political strategist Stephen K. Bannon declared that “the new administration is in an unending … Watch video »

Theory, USA • February 16, 2020 • Clyde W. Barrow

Author: Clyde W. Barrow

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald J. Trump: A Response to Bryan Palmer

Donald Trump: A New Emperor of the Lumpenproletariat?

The Deconstruction of the American State /w Clyde Barrow