Parmar, Inderjeet

Trump’s fragile counter-hegemony: Elite fractions, knowledge networks, and passive revolution - Economic & Political Weekly - 61(14), Apr 4, 2026: p.80-84

Trumpism emerges as a partial rupture within the neo-liberal historic bloc, propelled by domestically oriented capitalist fractions, yet fundamentally constrained by persistent transnationalist knowledge networks. Ultimately, it constitutes a classic passive revolution: surface-level nationalist transformation that modernises capitalist rule while preventing genuine subaltern ascendancy. By early 2026, accelerating crises combined with persistently low presidential approval ratings reveal the morbid symptoms of an interregnum, creating openings for more authentic counter-hegemonic possibilities.-Reproduced

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