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Archive of On Populist Reason

    Verso Books
    19 May 2020
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    Top 20 Books on Populism

    Books that outline the historical dynamics of populist movements, to current left populism and fascism. Featuring Chantal Mouffe, Enzo Traverso, Nancy Fraser, and more.

    Elle Aspell-Sheppard
    14 December 2017
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    Speaking

    The annual Verso prize for Cultural and Critical Studies is awarded to the top student graduating from Birkbeck’s MA Cultural and Critical Studies. This year, the prize goes to student Elle Aspell-Sheppard for her excellent project on “post-truth” and its effects on politics, using the specific example of Donald Trump’s electoral campaign. The external examiner described the essay as a “beautifully written piece of work, which brings Hannah Arendt’s thought successfully into the present moment…a thoughtful argument is advanced around the idea of post-truth as a contemporary keyword”. Speaking is an extract from the winning dissertation.

    Mathieu MolardTomas Statius
    17 May 2017
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    A Joint and a Compass: Razmig Keucheyan on political theory today

    There is a famous line in Lenin saying that "without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement." That is a very profound phrase. Theory serves for two things: to join together struggles that are apparently unrelated, and also as a compass in periods of crisis. It is what tells you whether in this precise moment you should be smashing up banks or standing in elections.

    Feyzi Ismail
    10 May 2017
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    Building a Political Alternative: Stathis Kouvelakis on the French Presidential Election

    Jacques Rancière
    02 May 2017
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    Attacks on "populism" seek to enshrine the idea that there is no alternative

    Chantal Mouffe
    19 April 2017
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    Mélenchon: A Radical Reformist Against Mounting Oligarchy

    Antonio Negri
    27 February 2017
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    Benoît Hamon and Universal Income

    Stuart Hall
    10 February 2017
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    Stuart Hall: Gramsci and Us

    Verso Books
    25 January 2017
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    Fuck Trump Reading List

    Etienne Balibar
    10 January 2017
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    Etienne Balibar: Populism in the American Mirror

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