1/6/2023 0 Comments Endless space 2 siegeWhat are the reasons for the rise of right-wing populism? Is populism undemocratic? What has been the role of social media and ICTs in helping to create a new political spectrum? Politically and socially what does it mean if we have entered a post-truth age? The demos has not become crazy but democracy is certainly in retreat. There are fundamental questions which need to be addressed. Electoral politics is under siege by new parties as well as spontaneous movements. This re-working however is not a joke as the election of authoritarian illiberal candidates in the United States, the Philippines, Hungary, Turkey and Brazil (to name but a few) has called into question the future shape of politics. The title of this paper is a play on words re-working the word democracy into demos-crazy.
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