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Populism, Democracy, and the Humanities

Interdisciplinary Explorations and Critical Enquiries

Peder Thalén editor Iulian Cananau editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:16th Mar '22

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In this volume, each chapter reflect on the phenomenon and concept of populism in relation to democracy and the humanities from the multiple vantage points of various disciplinary backgrounds: philosophy, history of ideas, media and communication, journalism, political science, gender studies, organization science, education theory, popular culture, and literary studies. While the study of populism seems to have become a subfield within political science, this topic has been rarely explored by scholars in the humanities. Rather than contribute to the already established area of populism studies in social and political sciences, our authors take a more open and exploratory stance through which they attempt to open up new fields and directions for inquiry from an interdisciplinary humanistic perspective.

Struggling with problems of relevance, impact, and visibility, the humanities have a special responsibility to address this topic, not only because it is relevant for their multidisciplinary domain, but also because the humanities stand for the values of thoughtfulness, in-depth reflection, critical thinking, weighty and thorough analysis. The humanities’ very existence constitutes a guaranty against what is usually described as populism.

ISBN: 9781538160916

Dimensions: 239mm x 160mm x 21mm

Weight: 576g

240 pages