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• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  ‘For A Left Populism’: An interview with Chantal Mouffe

  22 September 2018, by CALDERBANK Michael, MOUFFE Chantal

  Michael Calderbank spoke to Chantal Mouffe about why she thinks the time is right for a left populism
  Chantal Mouffe: We currently live in post-democratic societies. This is due first to the blurring of the lines between left and right, a situation that I call ‘post-politics’. This comes from (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  Wallace? Sanders? – Populism: What it is and what it is not

  5 July 2018, by RYZAK Cyryl

  “Populism” is a magical word. Its mysterious power unites the Erdogan and Putin governments, Latin American leftists like Evo Morales and the late Hugo Chavez, the resurgent Right in Europe and the United States, Hungarian and Polish anti-communist parties, Podemos, the Eurocommunism of the (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  Can There Be a Left Populism? The European debate on populism brings the Left’s fundamental identity into question

  29 March 2018, by HAMBURGER Jacob

  Review of Eric Fassin, Populisme: le grand ressentiment (Textuel, 2017).
  Shunned by the White House and the right-wing US media machine, Steve Bannon recently sought to reestablish his image as a political mastermind by embarking on a European speaking tour. If Bannon had begun to suspect (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  The Populist Moment and the Future of Democracy

  2 March 2018, by MOUFFE Chantal, POST Mareike

  Lecture by Chantal Mouffe - Rethinking Europe
  In January 2018 the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels Office started its new lecture series “Rethinking Europe” and invited the political theorist Chantal Mouffe for her lecture “The Populist Moment and the Future of Democracy”, which has been attended (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  France Insoumise versus the Front National – The Differences Between Far-Right and Left-wing Populism

  1 March 2018, by DE CABANES Antoine, LE LANN Yann

  The electoral cycle of 2017 is a turning point in France’s political landscape; the presidential and legislative elections were a major rupture which upset the political field. Historically, French politics were structured by a dividing line opposing two poles along the left/right cleavage, even (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  The “populist moment” – The dialogue between Chantal Mouffe and Jean-Luc Mélenchon

  10 August 2017, by TANURO Daniel

  The “populist moment” is a concept proposed by the philosopher Chantal Mouffe. According to Mouffe, globalization, the hegemony of financial capital and the integration of social democracy into neo-liberal politics have created a “post-democracy”.
  The principle of the sovereign people has become a (...)

• Populism (Political regime, ideology)

  From the concept of the people to the materialization of a leader
 – Brief notes on the populism of Ernesto Laclau 


  September 2015, by LOGIUDICE Edgardo

  The post-Marxist philosophy of Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014) and Chantal Mouffe seems to inspire some leaders and activists of Podemos (Spanish state) and La France Insoumise. In order to better understand the ins and outs of this new philosophy, we reproduce here a critique written in 2014 by an (...)