Illiberalism: A Conceptual Introduction

by Marlene Laruelle

The Concept
The Concept
The Concept

Mission

The Illiberalism Studies Program studies the different faces of illiberal politics and thought in today’s world, taking into account the diversity of their cultural contexts, their intellectual genealogies, the natures of their popular support, and their implications on the international scene. It aims at 1) Promoting a multidisciplinary approach combining political science, sociology, political philosophy, cultural studies and international relations, 2) Addressing questions related to democratic backlash, the spread of authoritarianism, post-liberalism, the far right, populism and nationalism, 3) Serving as a platform for debating the future of the liberalism / illiberalism relationship and engaging scholars, practitioners and activists.
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Marlene Laruelle interviews scholars on their ongoing research related to illiberalism

 
 
 
 
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Online Publications

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When the military joins the far right: Macron’s challenges ahead of the 2022 election

An Identitarian Europe? Successes and Limits of the Diffusion of the French Identitarian Movement

Stakeholders, Hangers-On, and Copycats: The Russian Right in Berlin in 1933

The Family Tree of Illiberalism: Lineages and Alignments

Populism à la Kyrgyz: Sadyr Japarov, Nationalism, and Anti-Elite Sentiment in Kyrgyzstan

Italian Nationalists and the Government Crisis

Research Projects

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Marlene Laruelle – Russia’s Niche Soft Power: Sources, Targets and Channels of Influence

The International Embrace of Parler by Right-Wing and Populist Parties

Marlene Laruelle – Accusing Russia of Fascism: Polemics around Russia’s Belonging to Europe

Vasily Shulgin (1878–1976): The Grandfather of Russian Nationalism

From the White Armies to Nazi Collaboration: Alexei von Lampe (1885-1967)

When the Far Right Courts the Right: Understanding Marion Maréchal’s project of a “Union of the Rights” in France

The assassination of Walter Lübcke. A murky tale of Germany’s first political murder in over fifty years

Marlene Laruelle – Mirror Games? Ideological Resonances between Russian and US Conservatism

Transnational History Of The Far Right

Russian Conservatism

Russia and China as Service Providers of Illiberal Governance

Resources

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Camilla Reuterswärd – Organized Religion and Contestations of the Liberal Script. The Catholic Church, Body Politics, and Anti-Gender Mobilizations

Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexton – The Illiberal Tide: Why the International Order Is Tilting Toward Autocracy

Weronika Grzebalskaa and Andrea Pető – The gendered modus operandi of the illiberal transformation in Hungary and Poland

Samuel Rogers – Hungarian authoritarian populism: a neo-Gramscian perspective

Michael Clark, Jennifer S. Hunt, and Matthew Sussex – Shaping the Post-Liberal Order from Within: China’s Influence and Interference Operations in Australia and the United States

Aleksandra Maatsch – Disempowerment through the Backdoor: The Impact of Populist Parties on the National Parliament in Poland

Gábor Mészáros – Carl Schmitt in Hungary: Constitutional Crisis in the Shadow of Covid-19

Norman A. Graham, Folke Lindahl, and Timur Kocaoglu – Making Russia and Turkey Great Again?: Putin and Erdogan in Search of Lost Empires and Autocratic Power

Volker Perthes – Dimensions of rivalry: China, the United States, and Europe

Carlo Alberto Ciaralli – Democracy under Siege: The Populist Factor in the Contemporary Crisis of Constitutional Democracies

Gorana Grgić – The Changing Dynamics of Regionalism in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of the Three Seas Initiative

Gabor Halmai – The Fall of the Rule of Law in Hungary and the Complicity of the EU