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Together, distribution and recogni- tion constitute the essential normative components out of which hegemonies are constructed. Putting this idea together with Gramsci's, we can say that what made Trump and Trumpism possi- ble was the breakup of a previous hege- monic bloc-and the discrediting of its distinctive normative nexus of distribu- tion and recognition. By parsing the construction and breakup of that nexus, we can clarify not only Trumpism but also the prospects after Trump for a counterhegemonic bloc that could resolve the crisis. Let me explain.

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Together, distribution and recogni- tion constitute the essential normative components out of which hegemonies are constructed. Putting this idea together with Gramsci's, we can say that what made Trump and Trumpism possi- ble was the breakup of a previous hege- monic bloc-and the discrediting of its distinctive normative nexus of distribu- tion and recognition. By parsing the construction and breakup of that nexus, we can clarify not only Trumpism but also the prospects after Trump for a counterhegemonic bloc that could resolve the crisis. Let me explain.
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In this book, Nancy Fraser expands on Gramsci’s writing about hegemony (the book’s title is borrowed from the well known Gramsci quote, too).
Trumpism, she argues, is the most visible symptom of a deeper hegemonic crisis. The public faith in society’s core assumptions is unraveling. The broad postwar/post-Civil Rights consensus about how society should apportion respect and distribute resources is coming apart. “Now is the time of monsters.”

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