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Thomás Zicman de Barros
@bolandeira.bsky.social
Economista e professor. Doutor em Teoria Política na Sciences Po. Convenor for @populismpsa.bsky.social. PT EN FR ES. https://linktr.ee/bolandeira
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Maio começa com novidade: no dia 12, estreio como cronista na @br.rfi.fr!
Direto de Paris, duas vezes por mês, comentarei sobre política internacional em texto, áudio e vídeo—num continente onde fantasmas antigos começam a rondar novamente.
Estou animado. É hora de prestar atenção.
Levitsky acerta ao notar que autoritários vencem porque elites lhes dão salvo-conduto. Mas sua saída é confiar em “elites responsáveis” que mantenham a democracia com participação limitada. Uma crítica ao autoritarismo que acaba presa numa visão elitista da própria democracia.
Hoje recebi no Palácio do Planalto o Professor Steven Levitsky, cientista político e autor do best-seller “Como as Democracias Morrem”.

📸 Ricardo Stuckert
August 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
Patriotism or ‘identity’ politics?

In JCES, @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social show how Mélenchon’s vision of 'créolisation' shakes up the populist playbook - offering a path beyond nationalist appeals & the worn-out binary of universalism vs. particularism.

doi.org/10.1080/1478...
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Thrilled to share this (apparently controversial) piece with @theoaiolfi.bsky.social digging into how the French left imagines “the people.”

From LFI’s shifting tactics to Ruffin–Mélenchon frictions, creolisation, and the stakes of radical democracy — we go there!
📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES!

Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”?

We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES!

Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”?

We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nothing better than wrapping up the day with good news: another article co-authored with the brilliant @theoaiolfi.bsky.social has just been accepted for publication! That’s our second in 2025 — and this one is bound to stir some debate. More soon!
June 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Acabou de sair minha segunda crônica pra @br.rfi.fr!

Religião e racismo: no Brasil, temas separados. Na França, se misturam num discurso “laico” que exclui muçulmanos—e revive a gramática do antissemitismo.

Tema delicado. O que acharam?
www.rfi.fr/br/podcasts/...
O Mundo Agora - Islamofobia à francesa: racismo sistêmico se traveste de 'neutralidade' para excluir muçulmanos
Um relatório oficial sem provas reativou, na França, a figura do muçulmano como "inimigo interno". A islamofobia, longe de ser um desvio, tornou-se linguagem institucional — e disfarça, sob a ideia de...
www.rfi.fr
May 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Maio começa com novidade: no dia 12, estreio como cronista na @br.rfi.fr!
Direto de Paris, duas vezes por mês, comentarei sobre política internacional em texto, áudio e vídeo—num continente onde fantasmas antigos começam a rondar novamente.
Estou animado. É hora de prestar atenção.
May 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We’ve won a prize! So happy to see years of hard work and dedication recognised. Huge congratulations to all past and present convenors—this one’s for all of us!
What a way to end #PSA25: Populism SG won Specialist Group of the Year! Huge shoutout to all our amazing convenors, past & present. @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social accepted the award—cheers to @giorgosvenizelos.bsky.social, Juan Roch, Laura Chazel & @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social!
April 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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⏰️ TIC-TOC, TIC-TOC!

The deadline is tomorrow! Ready to dive into the future of emancipatory politics in Thessaloniki? Submit your abstract and be part of the conversation at our annual workshop!
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
March 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
How does emancpatory politics and strategy look today?

Send us your abstract by Friday.

Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis will be keynotes (in person).
⏳ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⏳

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our annual workshop featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis! The deadline is this Friday—don’t miss out.

More details below! ⬇️
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
⏳ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⏳

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our annual workshop featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis! The deadline is this Friday—don’t miss out.

More details below! ⬇️
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
March 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
⏳️ DEADLINE REMINDER! ⌛️

Only two weeks left to submit your abstracts for our workshop on populism, hegemony, and the future of emancipatory politics, featuring Judith Butler and Yannis Stavrakakis in Thessaloniki!

Don’t miss out—details below! ⬇️
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
Really happy www.researchcenterdesire.eu could team up with the Populism Specialist Group to co-host this workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy for the current moment.
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Amigos de São Paulo, aproveitando uma passagem relampago por essas bandas, nos vemos nesta 5ª na Tapera Taperá! Vou conversar com a Maria Raphaela Campello sobre populismo.

Com transmissão online 😉
February 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Two of the most creative & forward-thinking young scholars of populism with a fascinating new article on the transgressive aesthetic dimensions of populism. Great stuff!
February 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Critical populism studies (as we call it these days) increasingly highlight the transgressive-performative function of populism.

@bolandeira.bsky.social and @theoaiolfi.bsky.social not only capture this but also help consolidate the argument theoretically.

Read their new article below!
February 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
New paper by the brilliant @bolandeira.bsky.social
🥳 NEW ARTICLE!
I'm very happy to share this article I co-authored with my friend @theoaiolfi.bsky.social! It’s one of the most significant contributions of my career, developed over 2 years of deep reflection and collaboration. If you have trouble accessing it, reach out—I’ll gladly send you a copy!
📝 NEW WORK OUT

1/ Excited to share our article "The Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/ @bolandeira.bsky.social) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. We explore how populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics, connecting aesthetics, queer theory & democracy 🧵

doi.org/10.1177/0263...
February 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
📢 PUBLICATION ALERT!

In this article, @bolandeira.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social bridge discursive & performative approaches to populism through aesthetic transgression—engaging queer theory along the way! A must-read for those interested in populism, aesthetics & radical politics!
February 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🥳 NEW ARTICLE!
I'm very happy to share this article I co-authored with my friend @theoaiolfi.bsky.social! It’s one of the most significant contributions of my career, developed over 2 years of deep reflection and collaboration. If you have trouble accessing it, reach out—I’ll gladly send you a copy!
February 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thrilled to announce this: to mark the anniversaries of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (1985) & On Populist Reason (2005), @populismpsa.bsky.social is hosting a workshop in Thessaloniki with no less than Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis! You don't want to miss this!
1/ 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

Join us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 for our 9th Annual Workshop to rethink hegemony, populism & political strategy in today’s turbulent world.

Keynotes:
Judith Butler & Yannis Stavrakakis

🗓 2–3 Oct 2025
📝 Submit by 14 Mar 2025

More info: www.psapopulism.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Thomás Zicman de Barros
Next we have "The polysemy of an empty signifier: the various uses of Ernesto Laclau’s puzzling concept" by Thomás Zicman de Barros @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The polysemy of an empty signifier: the various uses of Ernesto Laclau’s puzzling concept
The concept of empty signifier is possibly the most prominent among those developed by Ernesto Laclau. However, despite its success among discourse theorists, this notion remains puzzling. It has b...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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📢 OUR CONVENING TEAM IS GROWING! 🥳

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to welcome Jana Goyvaerts (VUB) and Laura Chazel (Sciences Po Grenoble) to our team. They join Giorgos, Juan, Théo and Thomás to strengthen critical populism studies.

Meet our convenors: www.psapopulism.org/about/conven...
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Conversei com Guilherme Botacini para essa reportagem da @folha.com sobre o avanço do autoritarismo em 2024. Apesar do ano complicado de que falamos, é uma alegria terminar esse ciclo sendo mencionado ao lado da @marinasfbarreto.bsky.social!
www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2024/1...
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December 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
No domingo, conversei com @marcelolins.bsky.social e @gugachacrareal.bsky.social na GloboNews! Falamos sobre o novo premiê da França e as perspectivas para Emmanuel Macron. A íntegra pode ser vista aqui: youtu.be/S4h5ZY0qybc
December 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM