Event Host: Center for Ethics and Human Values
The Center for Ethics and Human Values' Distinguished Lecture Series presents:
"What is Populism? – Politics in the Age of Trump"
Jan-Werner Müller
Populists seem to be on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism bring government closer to the people or is it a threat to democracy? Who are “the people” anyway and who can speak in their name? Do populists in power always turn out to be incompetent? Professor Müller will address these pressing questions.
Jan-Werner Müller studied at the Free University, Berlin, University College, London, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and Princeton University. From 1996 until 2003 he was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; from 2003 until 2005 he was Fellow in Modern European Thought at the European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College. Since 2005 he has been teaching in the Politics Department, Princeton University.
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