Critical Theory and Demagogic Populism
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Adorno
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Critical Theory
Cultural populism
Culture Industry
Demagogy
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Frankfurt School
Lowenthal
Popular art
Populism
Psychotechnics
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- ISBN 9781526123435
- Weight: 594g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Populism is a powerful force today, but its full scope has eluded the analytical tools of both orthodox and heterodox ‘populism studies’. This book provides a valuable alternative perspective. It reconstructs in detail for the first time the sociological analyses of US demagogues by members of the Frankfurt School and compares these with contemporary approaches. Modern demagogy emerges as a key under-researched feature of populism, since populist movements, whether 'left' or 'right', are highly susceptible to 'demagogic capture'. The book also details the culture industry’s populist contradictions – including its role as an incubator of modern demagogues – from the 1930s through to today’s social media and ‘Trumpian psychotechnics’. Featuring a previously unpublished text by Adorno on modern demagogy as an appendix, it will be of interest to researchers and students in critical theory, sociology, politics, German studies, philosophy and history of ideas, as well as all those concerned about the rise of demagogic populism today.
Paul K. Jones is Reader in Sociology in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University
