by Giuliano da Empoli · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782073019240
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In the world of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Matteo Salvini, each day brings awkwardness, controversy, and stridency. For their voters, the defects of populist leaders are transformed into virtues. Their inexperience is proof that they do not belong to the corrupt circle of elites, and their incompetence is a guarantee of their authenticity. The tensions they generate at the international level are a sign of their independence, and the conspiracy theories that permeate their propaganda, the mark of their freedom of thought. However, behind the unbridled appearances of the populist carnival, lies the hard work of spin-doctors, ideologues, and Big Data experts, without whom these populist leaders would never have come to power. In this book, Giuliano da Empoli draws the portrait of characters almost unknown to the general public, who are changing the rules of the political game and the face of our societies.
Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian and Swiss political essayist and novelist. He is the founding chairman of Volta, a Milan-based think tank self-described as "an accelerator of ideas" with a focus on European affairs, and a professor at Sciences Po. In 2022, he published his debut novel in French Le mage du Kremlin, for which he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
