Théo Aiolfi is a Junior Professor at the University of Burgundy, as part of the Centre Interlangues Texte, Image, Langage. He is also an associate researcher of the research group Echo: Media, Culture and Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests include populism, performativity, style and politics as performance, with a focus on far-right politics and political leadership.

Imaginative, conceptually innovative, empirically rigorous and beautifully written, Theo Aiolfi's The Populist Style pushes the study of populism forward into exciting new arenas. Taking performance and style seriously, this outstanding work of interdisciplinarity and originality helps make sense of a time when populism has gone mainstream. Highly recommended.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Populist Style and Performances of the Far Right1. Staging Populism2. Redefining the Populist Style.3. Analysing Political Performances4. Performing Identity5. Performing Transgression6. Performing CrisisConclusion: Comparing the Performances of Le Pen and TrumpBibliography

Théo Aiolfi is a Junior Professor at the University of Burgundy, as part of the Centre Interlangues Texte, Image, Langage. He is also an associate researcher of the research group Echo: Media, Culture and Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests include populism, performativity, style and politics as performance, with a focus on far-right politics and political leadership.

Imaginative, conceptually innovative, empirically rigorous and beautifully written, Theo Aiolfi's The Populist Style pushes the study of populism forward into exciting new arenas. Taking performance and style seriously, this outstanding work of interdisciplinarity and originality helps make sense of a time when populism has gone mainstream. Highly recommended.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Populist Style and Performances of the Far Right1. Staging Populism2. Redefining the Populist Style.3. Analysing Political Performances4. Performing Identity5. Performing Transgression6. Performing CrisisConclusion: Comparing the Performances of Le Pen and TrumpBibliography

Théo Aiolfi is a Junior Professor at the University of Burgundy, as part of the Centre Interlangues Texte, Image, Langage. He is also an associate researcher of the research group Echo: Media, Culture and Politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests include populism, performativity, style and politics as performance, with a focus on far-right politics and political leadership.

Imaginative, conceptually innovative, empirically rigorous and beautifully written, Theo Aiolfi's The Populist Style pushes the study of populism forward into exciting new arenas. Taking performance and style seriously, this outstanding work of interdisciplinarity and originality helps make sense of a time when populism has gone mainstream. Highly recommended.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Populist Style and Performances of the Far Right1. Staging Populism2. Redefining the Populist Style.3. Analysing Political Performances4. Performing Identity5. Performing Transgression6. Performing CrisisConclusion: Comparing the Performances of Le Pen and TrumpBibliography