Reading Asor Rosa’s Scrittori e popolo today: Populism as Universalist Political Approach
Fabio Guidali
Chapter from the book: Roitman, M et al. 2023. The New Challenges of Populist Discourses in Romance Speaking Countries.
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Chapter from the book: Roitman, M et al. 2023. The New Challenges of Populist Discourses in Romance Speaking Countries.
The left-wing literary critic Alberto Asor Rosa provided one of the first analyses of populism in Italy with his book Scrittori e popolo (1965), which criticised the communist post-war cultural politics. He stated that universality of culture was a populist issue and welcomed any cultural expression taking a stand in favour of the working class as opposed to society as a whole. This chapter uses his idea of populism to investigate today’s populism in Italy and especially the Conte I Cabinet between 2018 and 2019, supported by two populist parties (Movimento Cinque Stelle and Lega), considering it unintentionally universalist.
Guidali, F. 2023. Reading Asor Rosa’s Scrittori e popolo today: Populism as Universalist Political Approach. In: Roitman, M et al (eds.), The New Challenges of Populist Discourses in Romance Speaking Countries. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bcj.k
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Published on Dec. 6, 2023