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Populism and Democracy – A Contradiction?
1. June 2023/14:30 - 2. June 2023/16:00
International Conference
Convenors: Rainer Forst and David Strecker
Please register until May 30th: sekretariat.forst@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
Programme (pdf): Click here…
Programme:
June 1, 2023
14:30
Welcome and Introduction (R. Forst)
14:45
Dirk Jörke (TU Darmstadt): “Why Political Education Cannot Cure the Alleged Disease of Populism”
16:00
Break
16:15
John McCormick (Univ. of Chicago): “The Implications for Populism and Democracy of Machiavelli’s Theory of Civic Leadership”
17:30
Break
18:00
Nadia Urbinati (Columbia Univ.): “Populism and Democracy: So Close Yet So Distant”
19:15
Dinner
June 2, 2023
9:30
Hans-Jürgen Puhle (Frankfurt): „Varieties of Populism in Transition”
10:45
Break
11:00
Claudia Landwehr (JGU Mainz): “Democratic Regression and Renewal – a Psychoanalytic Perspective”
12:15
Lunch break
13:15
Ilaria Cozzaglio (Frankfurt): “No Conflict, No Trust, or Why Democrats and Populists are Not Equally Trustworthy”
14:30
Break
14:45
Armin Schäfer (JGU Mainz): “Populism Would Not Resonate if Democracy Worked Well”
16:00
End of Conference