{"pk":50539,"title":"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, America?","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>This reflective essay analyzes the deepening polarization in the United States following the 2024 presidential election and the victory of Donald Trump. Ewa Antoszek contextualizes the rise of populist and anti-intellectual rhetoric, drawing on cultural, political, and media dynamics that have reshaped public discourse. The essay uses George Packer’s framework of the four Americas—Free, Real, Smart, and Just—to explain ideological fragmentation. Antoszek connects the US political climate to broader European trends, particularly in Poland, highlighting how right-wing populism and patriarchal norms are gaining traction transnationally.</p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"American polarization"},{"word":"Populism"},{"word":"anti-intellectualism"},{"word":"2024 US presidential election"},{"word":"Immigration Policy"},{"word":"Donald Trump"},{"word":"European right.wing trends"},{"word":"Transnational American Studies"}],"section":"Special Section: Reflections on the US 2024 Elections in a Global Context","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cc6g92n","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ewa","middle_name":"","last_name":"Antoszek","name_suffix":"","institution":"Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie","department":"Department of British and American Studies"}],"date_submitted":"2025-08-02T11:16:45.422000Z","date_accepted":"2025-08-02T11:19:46.221000Z","date_published":"2025-08-03T18:03:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/jtas/article/50539/galley/38540/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/jtas/article/50539/galley/38540/download/"}]}