Everybody is talking about populism. To define this strand of politics, we often resort to dichotomies: emotions, not reason; truthiness instead of facts. But populists do not appeal to abstract emotions. They excel at tapping into everyday lifeworlds — at taking intimately familiar things, places, and habits, and endowing them with political significance. Our workshop aims to examine that process based on case studied from a range of countries. Yet we will also discuss whether the personal, the familiar, the intimate can be given a place in politics without playing into the populists‘ hands.

Concept: Mischa Gabowitsch, Potsdam
Participants: Bart Bonikowski, Cambridge, MA; Virág Molnár, New York; Mary Taylor, New York; Laurent Thévenot, Paris; Tuukka Ylä-Anttila, Tampere/Florence