Central European Value Studies409 the Aesthetics of Populism: Political Struggle and Experience in Poland after 1989

An edited collection of studies on the aesthetics of populism, the volume explores theoretical issues in and empirical research on the subject by bringing together fresh and illuminating insights from an interdisciplinary group of (mainly Polish) scholars. Do populists and liberal democrats recognizably differ in their lifestyles, clothes, eating habits, or reading preferences? Do the supporters of populism and liberal democracy look at the past from different perspectives? How do their aesthetic choices influence their political engagement? You will find these and similar questions addressed (and answered) by the contributors to this collection. The volume owes its special place in the literature on political aesthetics to its interdisciplinarity. It combines theoretical explorations of the ways aesthetics can be used to analyze political developments and empirical research that comprehensively illuminates the relevance of aesthetics to political struggle.