Description
Book SynopsisThis book re-evaluates the role of performance in global politics in the face of populism and the digital mediatisation of political interactions. As political communications are increasingly conducted in online environments,post-truth' performances become evermore central to democratic processes. It is therefore essential to reconsider the political potency of performance and theatricality in order to effectively reinvigorate democracy in the 21st century. Drawing on applied theatre practices, this book shows that performance is inherently concerned with cooperative and collaborative encounters across difference, and performance might therefore support effective responses to digital populism. The analysis addresses the performative aspects of populist political movements in the United States and United Kingdom. The chapters engage with aspects of performance and theatricality not commonly broached in IR scholarship, including interpersonal engagement, creative embodiment
Table of Contents
Part I: Political Populism through the Lens of Performance 1.Performance and Politics 2.Populism and Performance 3.Encounter and Engagement Part II: Political Embodiment in Digital Populist Contexts 4.Embodiment and Perception: Bringing the Inside Out 5.Embodiment and Relationality: Bringing the Outside In Part III: The Affective and Aesthetic Dimensions of Populism and Performance 6.Fear and Failure 7.Pleasure and Beauty
