Popular biopolitics and populism at Europe's eastern margins

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Popular Biopolitics: A Theoretical Outline -- Chapter 2. Estonia: Bare Life between Geo- and Biopolitics -- Chapter 3. The Screen and the Street: Two Face(t)s of Ukrainian Popular Biopolitics -- Chapter 4. Pastorate and ``Somatic Sovereignty'' in Russian Popular Biopolitics -- Populations, Popular Biopolitics, Populism: Concluding Thoughts -- Index.

"In this groundbreaking book, Andrey Makarychev approaches populism through a critical biopolitical lens and shows that populist narratives are grounded intrinsically in corporeality, sexuality, health, bodily life and religious practices. The author demonstrates that populism is a phenomenon deeply rooted in mass culture. He compares three countries--Estonia, Ukraine and Russia--that all share post-Soviet experiences offering a broad spectrum of populist discourses. The three case studies display the interconnection between biopower and populism through references to culture, media, art, theatrical performances and literature, raising new questions and directions for understanding traditional accounts of populism.r"--