Populism, Democracy, and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Explorations and Critical Enquiries

Author:   Iulian Cananau ,  Peder Thalén
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 March 2022
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Author:   Iulian Cananau ,  Peder Thalén
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.576kg
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9781538160916


ISBN 10:   1538160919
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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PART I. Populism and the Democratic Culture 1. Populism, a Silent Counterrevolution?, Ann-Cathrine Jungar 2. The Lost Art of Democratic Debate: Econocracy, Populism, and the Humanities, Henrik Bohlin 3. Is Another World Possible? George Orwell on Freedom and Totalitarian Thinking, Jari Ristiniemi PART II. Populism and Social Change 4. Comparative Education: From a Humanistic Explanatory Reasoning to a Statistical Reasoning for Solving Societal Problems, Daniel Pettersson 5. Alternative Images of the University in an Era of Universities as Politicized Social Good and Rational Organizations, Signe Jernberg 6. Populism and masculinity, Sarah Ljungquist and Malena Granhall Lahiki PART III. The New Media and Populist Communication 7. Populism in the Digital Logic, Jan Sjölund 8. Populism and the Politics of the Media Spectacle in the US: Borders, Invasion, Infection, Markus Heide 9. Hero, Supergrrl, Queen Moron and Brainwashed Puppet: Female Celebrity Politicians/Politicized Celebrities and the Hyper-Mediatized Public Sphere, Anna Edin PART IV. Populism and the Public Imagination 10. The Case of the Lost Sobriety – Documentaries and Society in Sweden in the 21st Century, Per Vesterlund 11. Two Fictionalizations of American Populism: Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward 2000-1887 and Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here, Iulian Cananau

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Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.--John Wharton Lowe, University of Georgia


Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history. --John Wharton Lowe, University of Georgia Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.


Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.


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Iulian Cananau is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in American literature at the University of Gävle, Sweden. Peder Thalén is professor in religious studies at the University of Gävle, Sweden.

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