Peasants, Populism and Postmodernism
The Return of the Agrarian Myth
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 1. Februar 2013
396 Seiten
978-1-136-32529-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Tracing the way in which the agrarian myth has emerged and re-emerged over the past century in ideology shared by populism, postmodernism and the political right, the argument in this book is that at the centre of this discourse about the cultural identity of 'otherness'/ 'difference' lies the concept of and innate 'peasant-ness'. In a variety of contextually-specific discursive forms, the 'old' populism of the 1890s and the nationalism and fascism in Europe, America and Asia during the 1920s and 1930s were all informed by the agrarian myth. The postmodern 'new' populism and the 'new' right, both of which emerged after the 1960s and consolidated during the 1990s, are also structured discursively by the agrarian myth, and with it the ideological reaffirmation of peasant essentialism.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Reflowable
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1,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-32529-8 (9781136325298)
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