Does the rise of populisms of both Left and Right varieties constitute a crisis in democracy? Is this a new phenomenon or has there always been a contradictory relationship between capitalism and democracy? How does the erosion of democratic norms relate to other crises in the political economy? Why does the Left seem so incapable of effectively confronting this multitude of challenges?
Michael Bray is Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University. He joins Chris Saltmarsh (Postgraduate Researcher) and Dillon Wamsley (Postdoctoral Researcher) to discuss democracy in the history of capitalism, populism as a mode of politics, and how to navigate the crisis of representative democracy in the coming decades.
Listen to the Populism SPERI presents … Crisis Point podcast.