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Aiolfi, Theo (2022) Populism as a transgressive style. Global Studies Quarterly, 2 (1). doi:10.1093/isagsq/ksac006 ISSN 2634-3797.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksac006
Abstract
As a consequence of its performative turn, the critical literature on populism has dedicated increasing attention to its socio-cultural and stylistic features. Among the most prominent concepts underpinning this approach is the notion that populism relies on the “flaunting of the low” or the use of “bad manners”. This article engages in an extensive discussion of the way this concept is used in the literature and showcases its main limitations. In replacement, I then suggest the alternative concept of transgression, understood as the violation of a norm, which has the substantial advantages of being more flexible and versatile, as well as less reliant on a normative binary. I then develop an associated typology of transgressive performances depending on which type of norms is being disrupted: transgressions of interactional norms, transgressions of rhetoric norms and transgressions of theatrical norms. Following this, I showcase how this typology contributes to the IR literature by emphasizing the importance of agency and embodied performances in global politics. This article concludes on the potential of considering transgression beyond populism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Populism, Democracy, Communication in politics, Critical theory, Rhetoric -- Political aspects | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Global Studies Quarterly | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2634-3797 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 2 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/isagsq/ksac006 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 February 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 April 2022 | ||||||||
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