Media and the Spirit of Populism
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Media and the Spirit of Populism

  1. 195 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Media and the Spirit of Populism

About this book

Media and the Spirit of Populism explores the role of contemporary media in the formation, dissemination, and circulation of the spirit of populism. These cutting- edge contributions to the field, written by an interdisciplinary range of contributors from across the world, cover key topics including:

  • New religious nationalisms
  • The spirit of populism in Virtual Reality
  • Apocalyptic populism in the 2024 Trump Campaign
  • Truth, the self, and agency
  • The rise of charismatic populist leaders

This book maintains that the idea of the "spirit of populism" helps to illuminate aspects of societal and political life that extend beyond the grasp of political science or sociological analysis of populism. By exploring dimensions of the spirit of populism, this book sheds light to these elusive aspects of political life; the shared sense of deeper truth, a true reality, some kind of transcendent dimension, and a sense of sacredness that has a transformational potential toward ideas of belonging/ exclusion and can motivate political engagement and participation.

This engaging volume will be an essential read for those within the fields of media and communication studies, religious studies, sociology, political science, feminist scholarship, and critical cultural studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781040690833
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion, Politics & State

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I Digital Populisms
  11. 1 The Spirit of Contemporary Politics: An Exploration of the Roles of Media and Religion
  12. 2 The Spirit of Commercial Populism: Hucksters, Miracle Cures, and Click-bait Conspiracies
  13. 3 The Spirit of Populist Victimhood: Underbrush Influencers and the Quest for Redemption
  14. Part II Platformized Feeling
  15. 4 When Things Just Don’t Feel Right: Disagreement, Disillusionment, and Dissensus among Counterpublic Media Influencers
  16. 5 “Who Killed Jesus Christ?”: Affect and Antisemitism in Gab CEO Andrew Torba’s Understanding of “Free Speech”
  17. 6 Virtual Heartlands: Populism, Emotion, and the Spirit of Place in Virtual Reality
  18. Part III Online Charisma
  19. 7 “The Promise of a Different Europe”: Gender, Religion, and the Sacralization of Politics in the New Far Right
  20. 8 “Am I Big Chungus?”: Nigel Farage, Platformed Populism, and Memetic Humor on TikTok as Gen Z Relatability
  21. 9 The Second Coming of Donald Trump: Charismatic and Apocalyptic Populism on Truth Social
  22. Afterword: Populism and the New Spiritual Right
  23. Index

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