Book Launch: Europe’s Populist Condition
Emmy Eklundh (Bristol University Press 2026)
Where: Online (Zoom)
When: 12th March 18.00 GMT
How to register: Google Form
Order the book here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-populist-condition
This online event marks the launch of Europe’s Populist Condition by Emmy Eklundh (Bristol University Press 2026) which challenges the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics and argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democratic traditions.
Drawing on decolonial studies, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and democratic theory, the book reveals how liberal democracy in Europe promotes a fantasy of equality while its politics enacts the exact opposite. By exposing these injustices, the book highlights how populism is not our main problem (or solution), but simply another facet of the ills of liberalism. It is essential reading for understanding the future of democracy in Europe.
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Presenter
Dr Emmy Eklundh is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. She is interested in populist parties and movements, particularly on the left. She is the author of Europe’s Populist Condition (Bristol University Press 2026) as well as Emotions, Protest, Democracy: Collective Identities in Contemporary Spain (Routledge 2019) and the editor of the volumes Politics of Anxiety and The Populist Manifesto (Rowman and Littlefield International, 2017 and 2020).
This event will be chaired by Alex Yates.
