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A review by nb_leftist
For a Left Populism by Chantal Mouffe
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
1.75
There are some interesting ideas in here but I think the way they go with them is wrong, and out of left field/out of pocket.
I think its important to meet people where they are at and create a politics/discourse that more people are open to participating in, addressing problems the people have directly, addressing class struggle (and other struggles) by pointing out an "enemy". I also think the bits about "creating" a people are interesting but nothing that hasn't been done in work in intersectionality (think Audre Lorde, Donna Haraway, etc.).
There's a lot of other stuff that I have to say about the actual politics and such (I disagree with them), but instead of doing that, I will just say that it is ironic a book about populism and meeting people where they are uses language so academic that it is difficult for me to understand some parts and I have quite a bit of experience reading wack, crazy ass theory.
I think its important to meet people where they are at and create a politics/discourse that more people are open to participating in, addressing problems the people have directly, addressing class struggle (and other struggles) by pointing out an "enemy". I also think the bits about "creating" a people are interesting but nothing that hasn't been done in work in intersectionality (think Audre Lorde, Donna Haraway, etc.).
There's a lot of other stuff that I have to say about the actual politics and such (I disagree with them), but instead of doing that, I will just say that it is ironic a book about populism and meeting people where they are uses language so academic that it is difficult for me to understand some parts and I have quite a bit of experience reading wack, crazy ass theory.