Popular Biopolitics and Populism at Europe's Eastern Margins (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004507791)

In this groundbreaking book, Andrey Makarychev approaches populism through a critical biopolitical lens and shows that populist narratives are grounded intrinsically in corporeality, sexuality, health, bodily life and religious practices. The author demonstrates that populism is a phenomenon deeply rooted in mass culture. He compares three countries -- Estonia, Ukraine and Russia--that all share post-Soviet experiences offering a broad spectrum of populist discourses. The three case studies display the interconnection between biopower and populism through references to culture, media, art, theatrical performances and literature, raising new questions and directions for understanding traditional accounts of populism.

This work was supported by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 822682: "Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism - POPREBEL".

Author: Andrey Makarychev
ISBN-10: 9004507795
ISBN-13: 9789004507791
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2022
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover