Articles by Ilana Hartikainen

February 21, 2024

🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism

Ilana Hartikainen

Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of political mobilisation. Tribalism, they argue, forms exclusive groups around shared values — and it’s gone global

Ilana Hartikainen

PhD Candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki

Ilana's dissertation explores counter-hegemonic challenges to the liberal democratic imaginary in Czechia.

In particular, she looks at populist uses of memory, conspiracy theories, and contested spaces.

Her further research interests include tribalism, visual politics, and technocratic populism.

She tweets @lani49

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