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        January 2022

        Populismus

        Ein Reader

        by Kolja Möller

        »Wir«, das »Volk«, gegen »die da oben«? Kaum ein Thema wird gegenwärtig so kontrovers diskutiert wie der Populismus. Die einen warnen vor dessen Gefahren für die liberale Demokratie, die anderen halten ihn für den konsequenten Ausdruck demokratischer Volkssouveränität. In den Sozialwissenschaften findet schon seit Jahrzehnten Populismusforschung statt: in der Soziologie und politischen Theorie, in der Sozialpsychologie und in der Kulturforschung. Der Band versammelt Schlüsseltexte dieser Diskussion, u. a. von Antonio Gramsci, Isaiah Berlin, Chantal Mouffe, Stuart Hall, Ernesto Laclau, Ralf Dahrendorf, Jan-Werner Müller, Cas Mudde und Karin Priester, und bietet eine umfassende Einführung in den Forschungsstand zu dieser hochaktuellen Debatte.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2021

        Critical theory and demagogic populism

        by Paul K. Jones

        Populism is a powerful force today, but its full scope has eluded the analytical tools of both orthodox and heterodox 'populism studies'. This book provides a valuable alternative perspective. It reconstructs in detail for the first time the sociological analyses of US demagogues by members of the Frankfurt School and compares these with contemporary approaches. Modern demagogy emerges as a key under-researched feature of populism, since populist movements, whether 'left' or 'right', are highly susceptible to 'demagogic capture'. The book also details the culture industry's populist contradictions - including its role as an incubator of modern demagogues - from the 1930s through to today's social media and 'Trumpian psychotechnics'. Featuring a previously unpublished text by Adorno on modern demagogy as an appendix, it will be of interest to researchers and students in critical theory, sociology, politics, German studies, philosophy and history of ideas, as well as all those concerned about the rise of demagogic populism today.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2020

        Critical theory and demagogic populism

        by Paul Jones

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