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\u201cBook recommendations under Trump? It doesn\u2019t exist. That\u2019s why people are buying 1984<\/em>,\u201d says one political expert.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No one expected Trump would become president of the United States, that\u2019s why there is no single literary work or academic book that can explain this new era in politics, according to one expert. Instead, book choices like dystopian literature, could instead be serving a different purpose: personal comfort.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of self-fulfilling,\u201d says Dr. Jonathan Kirkup, a political lecturer at Cardiff University. \u201cIn other words, you feel bad. Your friends feel bad. You both read 1984<\/em><\/a> and feel better about yourselves. You aren\u2019t actually doing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sales of 1984<\/em> and The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><\/a> have boosted after the British referendum to leave the EU and the US election. However, Dr. Kirkup says that this won\u2019t actually affect Trump\u2019s legitimacy, or reverse the Brexit vote, though it may reaffirm people\u2019s beliefs.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Brexit, there is only one UK academic who anticipated it, and wrote about it. Matthew Goodwin, a Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, said again and again that Brexit was going to happen.<\/p>\n

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The most acknowledged book he wrote, Revolt on the Righ: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain<\/a><\/em> came out in 2014, two years before Brexit. The book is about what UKIP was trying to do at the time to grow support. It set out to answer questions such as: \u201cWhere has this political revolt come from? Who is supporting them, and why? How are UKIP attempting to win over voters? And how far can their insurgency against the main parties go?\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodwin\u2019s book could actually be one to read in order to understand the shift toward extreme right politics in the UK. As for understanding Trump\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to believe that literature can and does change minds,\u201d Ani Kokobobo, an assistant professor in literature at the University of Kansas says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we need to keep reading dystopias because they only reaffirm our worst fears,\u201d she says. \u201cI think what we need is not literature that frightens us, but literature that sustains us, that helps us carry on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Books may not get people politically engaged or change their beliefs, but they may be key to inspire and encourage them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to read War and Peace<\/em><\/a>, which reminds us that true power does not rest with individual powerful leaders, but rather with individuals and their ability to affect change locally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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