On populism. Logic of interests, logic of emotions. | ILLOUZ
Why do fewer and fewer people believe democracy works? Dr hab. Michał Kozłowski talks with Prof. Eva Illouz, one of the world’s most influential sociologists and author of Why Love Hurts, Cold Intimacies, and The End of Love.
Illouz traces the crisis of democracy to three sources: the collapse of the meritocratic promise, a state that cannot act, and the rise of a consumer citizen who struggles to commit to institutions. We discuss how social media rewards hatred, what identity politics gets right and wrong, and why birth rates keep falling. In the final part, Illouz speaks about antisemitism…
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