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Lecture "Reflections on Populism"

The Department of Historical Sociology cordially invites you to a lecture "Reflections on Populism" given by Prof. Dennis Smith (Loughborough University). The lecture takes place in Jinonice on October 29.

Abstract of the Lecture:

What parts do different ideologies and emotions play in populism? Do the 2000s and 2010s – recession, austerity, protests, marches – echo the 1920s and 1930s? Some commentators see a resurgence of both Left and Right. Others, in the UK especially, see a change in party structures underway, away from Left vs Right towards pro-Brexit vs anti-Brexit. These issues may be explored empirically, comparing different populist movements in Britain, Greece, Italy, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Dennis Smith, emeritus professor at Loughborough, was initiated as a historian at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and as a sociologist at LSE and Leicester University. His books include Civilized Rebels. An Inside Story of the West’s Retreat from Global Power (Routledge),The Rise of Historical Sociology (Polity), Zygmunt Bauman (Polity), Globalization. The Hidden Agenda (Polity), Capitalist Democracy on Trial (Routledge),Norbert Elias and Modern Social Theory (Sage), Barrington Moore. Violence, Morality and Political Change (Macmillan), Conflict and Compromise. Class Formation in English Society 1830-1914 (Routledge), and (with Sue Wright) Whose Europe. The Turn Towards Democracy (Blackwell). He has been Vice-President of the European Sociological Association and Managing Editor of Sociological Reviewand Current Sociology (ISA journal).