'Where does Populism stand at the beginning of the 2020s?'
Populism is often defined as an ideology that opposes two homogeneous and antagonistic camps, ‘the common people’ versus ‘the corrupt elite’. Populists are seen as a negative image of what liberal democracy is supposed to be: intolerant and refusing pluralism. Other definitions insist on the mobilization and empowerment of the people that populist politics makes possible. The well-known scholar Chantal Mouffe, the leading theoretician of left-wing populism, will debate with Federico Taragoni, who has recently published a book on the issue (L’esprit démocratique du populisme, 2019). They will discuss the concept and the state of populism at the beginning of the 2020s.
Date:
11 March 2021, 16:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2021)
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speakers:
Chantal Mouffe (Westminster),
Federico Tarragoni (Paris Diderot)
Organising department:
Maison Française d'Oxford
Organisers:
Eve Gianoncelli (Maison Française d'Oxford),
Yves Sintomer (Maison Française d'Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@mfo.ac.uk
Part of:
'Antidemocratic Politics vs. Democratising Democracy: New Political Imaginaries in the 21st Century'
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://zoom.us/j/93113678155?pwd=WmNGZXlNZk1LUFFsOWlFY0cwRTR4UT09
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Anne-Sophie Gabillas
