Critical theory and authoritarian populism
After President Trump's election, BREXIT and the widespread rise of far-Right political parties, much public discussion has intensely focused on populism and authoritarianism. In the middle of the twentieth century, members of the early Frankfurt School prolifically studied and theorized fascis...
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London
University of Westminster Press
2018, 2018
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Table of Contents:
- Preface to Critical theory and authoritarian populism / Douglas Kellner
- Introduction: The Frankfurt School and authoritarian populism: a historical outline / Jeremiah Morelock
- Theories of authoritarianism
- Frankfurt School critical theory and the persistence of authoritarian populism in the United States / John Abromeit
- The persistence of the authoritarian appeal: on critical theory as a framework for studying populist actors in European democracies / Lars Rensmann
- Understanding right and left populism / Samir Gandesha
- Donald Trump as authoritarian populist: a Frommian analysis / Douglas Kellner
- Foundations of authoritarianism
- From modernity to bigotry / Stephen Eric Bronner
- Opposing authoritarian populism: the challenge and necessity of a new world system / Charles Reitz
- Public sphere and world-system: theorizing populism at the margins / Jeremiah Morelock and Felipe Ziotti Narita
- Digital authoritarianism
- Racism, nationalism and right-wing extremism online: the Austrian presidential election 2016 on Facebook / Christian Fuchs
- Authoritarianism, discourse and social media: Trump as the 'American agitator' / Panayota Gounari
- Phantasmagoria and the Trump opera / Forrest Muelrath
- Includes bibliographical references and index