Populism, Democracy, and the Humanities

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.

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.

• Introduction. Populism and the HumanitiesPeder Thalén and Iulian Cananau PART I. POPULISM AND THE DEMOCRATIC CULTURE1. Populism: A Bird's-Eye View of the Concept in Political ScienceAnn-Cathrine Jungar2. The Lost Art of Democratic Debate: Econocracy, Populism, and the HumanitiesHenrik Bohlin3. Is Another World Possible? Totalitarian Thinking and Individuality in George OrwellJari RistiniemiPART II. POPULISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE4. Educational Desires and ‘Numbers’ as a Salvation Theme: Historicising the Reasoning of EducationDaniel Pettersson5. Alternative Images of the University in an Era of Higher Education as Politicised Social GoodSigne Jernberg6. Masculinity in the Populist Manichean Mindset Malena Granhall Lahiki and Sarah LjungquistPART III. THE NEW MEDIA AND POPULIST COMMUNICATION7. The Digital Communication Logic and Political PopulismJan Sjölund 8. Populism and the Politics of the Media Spectacle in the US: The Imagery of the US-Mexico Border