Showing posts with label Jan-Werner Müller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jan-Werner Müller. Show all posts
Saturday, 6 July 2019

Understanding why right-wing populism succeeds

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I have just been rereading “ Populism and the People ” by Jan-Werner Müller in the London Review of Books (May 2019). It is the most conci...
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019

When people warning about incipient fascism are criticised rather than laughed at is the time to worry about incipient fascism

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I’m old enough to remember left wing demonstrations in the UK when ‘fascist!’ was a standard chant. On most occasions back then it was a r...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Ian Dunt vs Owen Jones: a comment on a brief debate

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When two of my favourite commentators on current political events, Ian Dunt (ID) and Owen Jones (OJ), cross swords, albeit briefly twitter...
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Sunday, 18 March 2018

A road to right wing authoritarian government

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This post is inspired by another , by Jan-Werner Müller. I have talked about Müller's ideas on populism before . This particular post ...
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Friday, 9 February 2018

The two types of populism within Brexit

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When I read this by Hungarian academic Tamas Dezso Ziegler, I could not help thinking he had a point. The point, as I understand it, is t...
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Monday, 3 July 2017

Was Neoliberal Overreach Inevitable?

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In June 2017 a member of the hard left of the Labour party, reviled by the right and centre for his association with left wing leaders and ...
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