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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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Populism Without Borders : FIGURATIVE PUBLICS: CROWDS, PROTEST, AND DEMOCRATIC ANXIETIES
- 2020
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Ingår i: The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere. - Brooklyn, New York : Social Science Research Council.
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Unlike most other political notions, like democracy or authoritarianism, for example, there seems to exist no “ideal type” of populism, which also explains why the brand is almost as frequent on the left as on the right. This is also why the term invites ideological confusion. As established politicians and commentators grope for words in order to confront the unpleasant face of today’s political life, populism often comes in handy as their cri de guerre, naming an enemy against which we must mobilize democratic institutions, liberal values, and civic virtues. To be sure, such reactions are welcome and needed as a defense against the world’s Bolsonaros, Erdogans, Trumps, Modis, Salvinis, and Orbans. But are they sufficient? The rhetoric elicited by these authoritarian tendencies shows that populism is a label emerging from the embattled center of politics, and it usually warns against invasion by political outsiders. This is also to say that populism is a normative political concept, not a sociological or historical one. In order to grasp the antagonisms covered up by the discourse on populism we should, I suggest, relate it to two other categories that tend to crop up as the two opposite poles of this discourse: the fascist and the migrant. Both are, strangely, designations of “the popular,” but with contrasting relationships to political power. In what follows, I first trace these categories in contemporary political discourse and I then describe how they shape aesthetic imaginaries of “the people.”
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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Crowds and Democracy : The Idea and Image of the Masses from Revolution to Fascism
- 2013
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Between 1918 and 1933, the masses became a decisive preoccupation of European culture, fueling modernist movements in art, literature, architecture, theater, and cinema, as well as the rise of communism and fascism and experiments in radical democracy. Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies, intellectual history, and political theory, this volume unpacks the significance of the shadow agent known as "the mass" during a critical period in European history. It follows its evolution into the preferred conceptual tool for social scientists, the ideal slogan for politicians, and the chosen image for artists and writers trying to capture a society in flux and a people in upheaval. This volume is the second installment in Stefan Jonsson's epic study of the crowd and the mass in modern Europe, building on his work in A Brief History of the Masses, which focused on monumental artworks produced in 1789, 1889, and 1989.
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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The Wisdom of Crowds
- 2014
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Ingår i: TANK Magazine. - London : Tank Publications Ltd. - 1464-3472. ; 8:1, s. 62-65
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Stefan Jonsson reminds us that without the uprisings of the 'swinish multitude' there would be no such thing as democracy.
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
(författare)
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Det pågående kriget
- 2014
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Ingår i: Arena texter 93-13. - Stockholm : Atlas. - 9789173890281 ; , s. 196-216
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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Un soulèvement de toutes les couleurs : Notes sur les Gilets jaunes
- 2019
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Ingår i: Mouvements – des idées et des luttes. - Paris : La Découverte. - 1291-6412. ; :100, s. 57-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Quels espoirs suscitent les Gilets jaunes pour le reste de l’Europe ou pour la société mondiale ? En tant qu’observateur de la périphérie nord du continent, je pose la question suivante : s’agit-il d’un épisode de plus dans l’histoire du militantisme populaire français qui, depuis 1789, a inspiré un radicalisme des pauvres tout comme il a inoculé la peur chez les riches ? Ou bien la séquence de ces protestations, acte par acte, samedi après samedi depuis près d’un an maintenant, marque-t-elle une urgence sociale et l’émergence d’une nouvelle forme politique ?
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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The Contained
- 2012
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Ingår i: Eurozine. - Wien : Eurozine - Gesellschaft zur Vernetzung von Kulturmedien mbH. - 1684-4637. ; :27 juli
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Harbour cities as places of immigration and emigration, inclusion and exclusion, develop distinct modes of being that not only reflect different cultural traditions and political and social self-conceptions, but also contain economic potential and communicate how they see themselves as part of the larger structure that is "Europe".The container is the universal unit of the global commodity society, facilitating the swift exchange of all kinds of product. Precarity, likewise, connotes a basic form of labour that submissively and flexibly adjusts to any form of employment and system of production.
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- Hansen, Peo, 1966-, et al.
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Building Eurafrica : Reviving Colonialism through European Integration, 1920-60
- 2015
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Ingår i: Echoes of empire. - London : I.B. Tauris. - 9781784530518 - 9780857738967 ; , s. 209-226
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states reversal or retribution? This groundbreaking book presents a panoramic view of attitudes to empires past and present, seen not only through the hard politics of international power structures but also through the nuances of memory, historiography and national and minority cultural identities.Bringing together leading historians, political scientists and international relations scholars from across the globe, Echoes of Empire emphasizes Europe's colonial legacy while also highlighting the importance of non-European power centres – Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, Japanese – in shaping world politics, then and now. Echoes of Empire bridges the divide between disciplines to trace the global routes travelled by objects, ideas and people, and forms a radically different notion of the term 'empire' itself. This will be an essential companion to courses on international relations and imperial history as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in Western
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- Hansen, Peo, 1966-, et al.
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Demographic Colonialism : EU-African Migration Management and the Legacy of Eurafrica
- 2011
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Ingår i: Globalizations. - London och New York : Routledge. - 1474-7731 .- 1474-774X. ; 8:3, s. 261-276
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article we analyse the current trajectory of EU-African migration policy. Unlike many other scholars, we suggest it must be understood in its historical context. Migration between Europe and Africa has been a European concern at least since the 1920s. At that time, issues of migration were seen in the context of a co-European colonial effort in Africa. Today, migration issues are to be resolved in the framework of a EU-African partnership model built on equality, interdependence and mutual ‘win-win’ dynamics. However, a closer look at the history of Euro-African migration reveals striking parallels between past and present. Throughout the period from the 1920s and onward, the migration policies devised within various frameworks of European integration have been shaped by demographic projections. Presumed demographic ‘imbalances’ (i.e. population surplus or deficit) have been used to justify vastly different migrant regimes. Each time demography has governed European migration policy vis-à-vis Africa, what has first been introduced as a mutual interest has quickly been transformed into a geopolitical relationship, where one partner has channelled migration to its own benefit. We argue that as long as scholars and intellectuals persist in imitating policy-makers’ disregard of European integration’s colonial history, current structural power asymmetries between the EU and Africa will not only remain obscure; we will also fail to recognize the continued, or even increasing, currency of colonial ideology in the EU’s African relations.
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- Hansen, Peo, 1966-, et al.
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'Eurafrika'
- 2010
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Ingår i: Invandrare & Minoriteter. - 1404-6857. ; :3, s. 5-10
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- Jonsson, Stefan, 1961-
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Clashing internationalisms : east European narratives of west European integration
- 2016
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Ingår i: Europe faces Europe. - Bristol : Intellect Ltd..
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter analyzes how West European integration was viewed in communist Eastern Europe at the time of the foundation of the EU. Throughout the period from the Schuman declaration and the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to the Treaty of Rome and the establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957, Moscow, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, and Warsaw reacted, in part by criticizing the West European integration project as a continuation of Europe’s imperial and capitalist past, in part by projecting ideas for a wholly different European and global integration project. While this debate was patterned on the cold war logic and the clash between capitalist and communist ideologies, it also contained a profound – and lasting – dispute regarding Europe’s geopolitical position and role, especially in relation to its African colonies. After the fall of the communist East, this dispute was apparently settled to the West’s favor, and it was then forgotten. Yet, varieties of the same dispute today reappear as the EU seeks to develop a foreign policy and global mission for the twenty-first century. By using sources mainly from the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic that have so far been largely neglected in scholarship, the chapter evinces a East-European narrative about Europe’s calling and destiny that merits particular attention in today’s emerging pluricentric world order.
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