Populism Is a Distraction
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The Global Studies Colloquium Series in conjunction with the Orfalea Endowment for the Master's Program in Global Studies.
Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at UCSB.
Should a discussion of populism be concerned with populism—along with revulsion of its various extremisms (perhaps along with hints of social and psychopathology and hence, implicit endorsement of ‘moderate’ positions)? Or should it rather be concerned with the failure of institutions and the misbehavior of elites in a world in which 8 billionaires own as much as half the world population? Option a) will yield a totally different and probably somewhat more predictable discussion than option b), which may include ‘from bad to worse’. According to option c) different types of populism—including ‘pluto-populism’—should generate different treatments. This discussion follows options b) and c).
Wednesday, April 25th at 12:00 PM in SSMS 2001. After the talk, the speaker will join the audience for lunch and conversation.
