Synopsis
This book offers a global and systematic overview of populist politics of history in the twenty-first century. An international group of scholars interrogates how and why populists engage with the past. Twelve case studies focus on uses of history and memory by populist movements across the globe – ranging from Brazil to Bangladesh, from Poland to Tanzania. Five thematic chapters zoom in on key features of populism: its relation to time, nationalism, emotions, academic expertise, and the language of 'moral remembrance'. The focus is both on left- and right-wing populism, as well as on oppositional populism and populists in power. This way, the volume presents an empirically rigorous and conceptually innovative analysis of populist historical reason.
About the Authors
Berber Bevernage is associate professor of historical theory at the Department of History at Ghent University. His research focuses on the dissemination, attestation and contestation of historical discourse and historical culture in post-conflict situations. He is the co-founder of the interdisciplinary research forum 'TAPAS/Thinking About the PASt' which focuses on popular, academic, and artistic dealings with the past in a large variety of different cultural and social areas.
Eline Mestdagh is a historian and researcher at the Department of History at Ghent University. Her current research deals with ongoing memory conflicts on the public (re)presentation of the Belgian colonial past, where she is specifically interested in the argumentative role of historical cultures and their underlying assumptions about time, historiography, and the proper way to 'deal with the past'. She is also a coordinating member of the interdisciplinary research forum TAPAS/Thinking About the PASt and a member of the International Network for the Theory of History.
Walderez Ramalho is researcher at the Federal University of Ouro Preto specializing in Theory and Philosophy of History, History of Historiography, and Contemporary History. His current research focuses on the idea of kairos as a particular form of experiencing historical time.
Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt is a researcher at Ghent University, working at the intersection of historiography, the theory of history, the history of European integration, and the sociology of knowledge. Her research interest is the history of late 20th and 21st century historiography. Her current work touches upon those questions by focusing on European Union sponsorship of historical research between 1970 and today.
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