Performing Left Populism - Performance, Politics and the People

This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, the populist logic offers a way for progressive politics to radicalize actions against the elite, fostering greater democratization of societies at a time of socio-political and environmental crisis. Exploring the populist roots of a number of performances, the contributors to this study analyze the potentials and limits of the new forms of left populism for more democratic ways of living together. Combining performance studies and political theory, demonstrates how various performance practices give rise to populism. It shows how both civic performances (including grassroots, civil movements, political speeches, state policies and media campaigns) and artistic performances (such as theatre, dance, music and artistic activism) contribute to these processes. By these means, the book examines the processes of constructing ''a people'' through both the real/civic and imaginary/artistic perspectives. Offering scholars and practitioners a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which performance can be viewed politically, as a social practice capable of mobilizing alternative ways of living and invigorating democracy, this study expands the debate about left populism towards strategies of mobilization, collectivism and democratic politics.>

Product details

• Authors: , Theo Aiolfi, Anja Hartl, Goran Petrovic Lotina
• Assisted by: Théo Aiolfi (Editor), Goran Petrovic Lotina (Editor), William C. Boles (Editor of the series), Boles William C. (Editor of the series), Anja Hartl (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781350347083
• ISBN: 978-1-350-34708-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, ART / Art & Politics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Theatre Studies, Political science & theory, Interdisciplinary studies, Political science and theory, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, History of Performing Arts