The Populist Hype, ‘the People’ and the Far Right w/ Aurelien Mondon (E82)

This is a conversation with Aurelien Mondon, he’s a senior lecturer in politics, languages and international studies at the University of  Bath and co-author of the 2020 book “Reactionary Democracy: How racism and the populist far right became mainstream” alongside Aaron Winter.Topics DiscussedHow has the far right been mainstreamed? Focus on US, UK and FranceLiberal racism versus illiberal racismThe far right and why calling them ‘populism’ is problematicWhat is ‘populist hype’ and how can the media be complicit?How the ‘working class’ become racialized into the ‘white working class’The role of elites in ‘reactionary democracy’How our knowledge of the world is constructedHow the right has asphyxiated the media landscapeOn echo chambersThe generational divideThe question of race and ‘populism’‘Populism’ and electionsThe case of FranceBooks RecommendedHatred of Democracy by Jacques RancièreRacism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-SilvaFeminism, Interrupted by Lola OlufemiMusic by Tarabeat.