Performing Left Populism: Performance, Politics and the People
Dr Goran Petrovic Lotina
ISBN 10: 1350347043 ISBN 13: 9781350347045
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2023
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This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, the populist logic offers a way for progressive politics to radicalize actions against the elite, fostering greater democratization of societies at a time of socio-political and environmental crisis. Exploring the populist roots of a number of performances, the contributors to this study analyze the potentials and limits of the new forms of left populism for more democratic ways of living together. Combining performance studies and political theory, Performing Left Populism demonstrates how various performance practices give rise to populism. It shows how both civic performances (including grassroots, civil movements, political speeches, state policies and media campaigns) and artistic performances (such as theatre, dance, music and artistic activism) contribute to these processes. By these means, the book examines the processes of constructing ‘a people’ through both the real/civic and imaginary/artistic perspectives. Offering scholars and practitioners a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which performance can be viewed politically, as a social practice capable of mobilizing alternative ways of living and invigorating democracy, this study expands the debate about left populism towards strategies of mobilization, collectivism and democratic politics.
About the Author:
Goran Petrovic-Lotina is Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, and Lecturer at Sciences Po: The Paris Institute of Political Studies, France.
Théo Aiolfi is Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies and the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning, University of Warwick, UK.
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Title: Performing Left Populism: Performance, ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New