A century of populist demagogues : eighteen european portraits, 1918-2018 / Ivan T. Berend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván), 1930- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Europe--Biography.

Politicians.

Authoritarianism--History--Europe--20th century.

Authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism--History--Europe--21st century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The renowned historian Ivan T. Berend discusses populist demagoguery through the presentation of eighteen politicians from twelve European countries spanning World War I to the present. Berend defines demagoguery, reflects on its connections with populism, and examines the common features and differences in the demagogues’ programs and language. Mussolini and Hitler, the “model demagogues,” are only briefly discussed, as is the election of Donald Trump in the United States and its impact on Europe. The eighteen detailed portraits include two communists, two fascists, and several right-wing and anti-EU politicians, extending across the full range of demagoguery. The author covers Béla Kun, the leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, weaving through Codreanu and Gömbös from the 1930s, on to Stahremberg and Haider in Austria, and then more broadly throughout Europe from Ceaușescu, Milošević, Tuđjman, Izetbegović, Berlusconi, Wilders, to the two Le Pens, Farage, and Boris Johnson, Orbán and the two Kaczyńskis. Each case includes an analysis of the time and place and is illustrated with "ations from the demagogues’ speeches. This book is a warning about the continuing threat of populist demagogues both for their subjects and for history itself. Berend insists on the crucial importance for Europe to understand the reality behind their promises and persuasive language as imperative to impeding their success.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgement

INTRODUCTION Who are the populist demagogues, and how can they attain political power?

PART 1 Interwar populist —communist and fascist— demagogues

CHAPTER 1 A Hungarian communist demagogue: Béla Kun

CHAPTER 2 A Hungarian fascist demagogue: Gyula Gömbös

CHAPTER 3 A Romanian fascist demagogue: Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

CHAPTER 4 A fascistoid Austrian demagogue: Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

PART 2 Turn of the millennium populist demagogues

CHAPTER 5 An Austrian far-right demagogue, Jörg Haider

CHAPTER 6 A Romanian communist demagogue: Nicolae Ceauşescu

CHAPTER 7 Two contemporary French demagogues: Le Diable and La Fille du Diable,1 Jean-Marie and Marine Le Pen

CHAPTER 8 An entertaining but harmful buffoontype demagogue: Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi

CHAPTER 9 Three nationalist demagogues in Yugoslavia and a devastating civil war

CHAPTER 10 Two British Brexit fighters: Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage

CHAPTER 11 A “freedom fighter” against the EU: the Dutch Geert Wilders

CHAPTER 12 Three demagogues exploit the difficult transformation: Viktor Orbán in Hungary and the Kaczyński brothers in Poland

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71796-9

963-386-333-3

9781003717966

OCLC:

1195043776