Full Description
Today, more than ever, it is easy to understand how populism has become such a contested word in contemporary politics. Despite its relatively short history, the term follows a rather volatile trajectory in terms of its historical development and presence as a political practice. When we look at its political and moral impact, one can see that despite its often strict national commitments and narratives, populism is rather a global political phenomenon. As embodiment of anti-establishment narratives, polarizing attitudes, and emancipatory appeal, we can follow its occurrence from Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the USA and UK, the Middle East, all the way to China and India. This edited volume helps fill a gap in the existing literature on Critical Theory (broadly construed) and populism, focusing on the multiple dimensions of historical and contemporary contexts for today's rising populist movements and their often - but not necessarily - hostile relations towards cosmopolitanism, globalization, environmentalism, and general notions of inclusion and justice.
Contributors are: Emília Barna, Ronald Beiner, Dustin J. Byrd, Samir Gandesha, Carlos Antonio Giovinazzo Júnior, Mlado Ivanovic, Yonathan Listik, Grigoris Markou, Jeremiah Morelock, Felipe Ziotti Narita, Ágnes Patakfalvi- Czirják, Maria Cristina Dancham Simões and Hassan Zaheer.
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Mlado Ivanovic, Dustin J. Byrd and Jeremiah Morelock
1 "In This Land, You Could Live, and Not Only Die." Understanding Populism in Hungary through Popular Music
Emília Barna and Ágnes Patakfalvi-Czirják
2 The Plague of Bannonism
Ronald Beiner
3 The Populist Persona: A Jungian Approach to the Populism of Donald Trump
Dustin J. Byrd
4 Algorithmic Populism
Samir Gandesha
5 "Kultur ist ein Palast der aus Hundescheisse gebaut ist": Right-Wing Populism, Social Media and the Failure of Eurocentric Humanism
Mlado Ivanovic
6 Who Is Afraid of the People? The Entanglement of Democracy, Populism and Stupidity
Yonathan Listik
7 Left-Wing Populism in Power in Argentina and Greece
Grigoris Markou
8 A Dialectical Constellation of Authoritarian Populism in the United States and Brazil
Jeremiah Morelock and Felipe Ziotti Narita
9 Authoritarianism in Brazil: Interpretations from Theodor W. Adorno
Maria Cristina Dancham Simões and Carlos Antonio Giovinazzo Júnior
10 Reimagining Saudi Arabia: Authoritarian Populism, State Power and Nationalism
Hassan Zaheer
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