Overview

The contributors to this volume reflect on the phenomenon and concept of populism in relation to democracy and the humanities from the vantage points of various disciplinary backgrounds: philosophy, history of ideas, media and communication, journalism, political science, gender studies, organization science, education theory, popular culture, and literary studies. While the study of populism seems to have become a subfield within political science, this topic has been rarely explored by scholars in the humanities. Rather than contribute to the already established area of populism studies in social and political sciences, our authors take a more open and exploratory stance through which they attempt to open up new fields and directions for inquiry from an interdisciplinary humanistic perspective. Struggling with problems of relevance, impact, and visibility, the humanities have a special responsibility to address this topic, not only because it is relevant for their multidisciplinary scope, but also because the humanities stand for the values of thoughtfulness, in-depth reflection, critical thinking, weighty and thorough analysis. The humanities’ very existence constitutes a guaranty against what is often described as populism.

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Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.--John Wharton Lowe, University of Georgia

Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history. --John Wharton Lowe, University of Georgia Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.

Certainly, populism dominates the global scene these days, and a review of its myriad aspects is timely and necessary. The excellent essays assembled here provide approaches from a number of disciplines and constitute a most welcome review of the issues involved in the overall concept and its history.

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Iulian Cananau is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in American literature at the University of Gävle, Sweden. Peder Thalén is professor in religious studies at the University of Gävle, Sweden.

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