Through a comparative case study analysing the 2016 and 2017 presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, The Populist Style examines the links between far-right ideology and populism. Adopting an interdisciplinary framework combining political science and performance studies, this book develops a critical definition of populism as a style, that is, as a repertoire of political performances that shapes and is given shape by ideological content.
The book argues that the populist style relies on three clusters of performances: performances of identity, performances of transgression and performances of crisis. Through an analysis of a corpus including presidential debates, speeches during rallies and political advertisements drawn from the campaigns of Trump and Le Pen, this book shows the adaptability of the populist style and its relevance as discursive-performative strategy across two different national contexts as it was used by far-right political actors to make their reactionary agenda and exclusionary nationalism more appealing.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Imaginative, conceptually innovative, empirically rigorous and beautifully written, Theo Aiolfi's The Populist Style pushes the study of populism forward into exciting new arenas. Taking performance and style seriously, this outstanding work of interdisciplinarity and originality helps make sense of a time when populism has gone mainstream. Highly recommended. -- Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University By taking political style seriously Theo Aiolfi makes visible the various elements of right-wing populist politics and its success, with clarity, rigour and an innovative methodology and analysis. This timely book will appeal to those interested in the rise of right-wing populism and its seductions - what appeals to the those voting for populist leaders, and how the performances of leaders can bridge class and gender differences to become normalised. -- Shirin Rai, SOAS University of London
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-3741-4 (9781399537414)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Theo Aiolfi is a Junior Professor at the University of Burgundy, as part of the Centre Interlangues Texte, Image, Langage.
He is also an associate researcher of the research group Echo: Media, Culture and Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests include populism, performativity, style and politics as performance, with a focus on far-right politics and political leadership.
Autor*in
Junior Professor at the University of BurgundyUniversity of Burgundy
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Populist Style and Performances of the Far Right
1. Staging Populism
2. Redefining the Populist Style.
3. Analysing Political Performances
4. Performing Identity
5. Performing Transgression
6. Performing Crisis
Conclusion: Comparing the Performances of Le Pen and Trump
Bibliography
