Articles by Donatella Bonansinga

April 10, 2024

🔮 The emotional core of left- and right-wing populism

Donatella Bonansinga

Is populism ‘emotional’ and mainstream politics ‘rational’? Donatella Bonansinga argues that the divide between rationality and emotionality is rooted in cultural misperceptions, and all politics can be ‘emotional’. Populism is peculiarly emotional, because it taps in to very specific affective states, with key differences between left and right

Donatella Bonansinga

Associate Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University College London

Donatella works at the intersection of political communication, political psychology and international relations.

Her research explores how populist parties and leaders construct and narrate contemporary (in)security to the wider public.

Her most recent publications focus on populism and emotions, insecurity narratives, securitisation and visual communication.

They have appeared in outlets such as the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and Innovation.

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