CONCLUSIONS: Populism and left radicalism in Europe across time and space

Giorgos Charalambous, Gregoris Ioannou

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Abstract

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book talks about the distance and competition between Narodism and Marxism in Russia and how the tension remained even at the point of their substantial convergence at policy level during the Bolshevik Revolution. It argues that the socialists of the inter-war period and Balampanidis for the Eurocommunists of the post war period, who address empirically the relationship and the respective instances of left radicalism as ‘temptations’ rather than conscious appropriations of populism as a strategy of articulating rhetoric and more generally doing politics. The book shows how populism can be utilised discursively as a medium by the right wing in Eastern Europe through which to ‘hijack the left’ is illustrative of this. There are historical conditions that are particularly conducive to the development of populist political communication by party or social movement agents.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLeft Radicalism and Populism in Europe
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages257-265
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781351133623
ISBN (Print)9781351133630
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019

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