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Populism - Before and After the Pandemic (Hardcover)
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Populism - Before and After the Pandemic (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R368
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We are said to be living in an age of anger, and national populist
movements are often identified as its political manifestation. In
Populism Michael Burleigh explores this new global era, drawing on
his Engelsberg Lectures. The first chapter explores the nature of
mass anger, mainly in Europe and the US: how might popular
discontent be artificially incited and sustained by elite figures
claiming to speak for the common people? The second chapter
compares the difficult aftermaths of empire in Britain and Russia.
Has that experience fostered these countries' sense of
exceptionality and inability to evolve into normal societies? Many
national populist movements exploit History, as we saw with the
so-called 'statue wars' reignited in 2020. The third chapter ranges
across Europe, but also China, where a nationalised version of
History has become intrinsic to social support for the ruling
Communist Party. In the short term, COVID-19 has created problems
for several populist leaders, whose image has suffered amidst the
public's new-found respect for expertise and unfavourable
comparisons with less shouty politicians who have handled the
pandemic differently. Yet, with the looming risk of an extended
economic depression, Burleigh fears that new post-populists may
arise in the long run.
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