Biography
Yannis Stavrakakis is professor of political discourse analysis at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research focuses primarily on contemporary political theory (with emphasis on psychoanalytic and poststructuralist approaches) and on the analysis of ideology and discourse in late modern societies (with emphasis on populism, environmentalism, post-democracy and the role of artistic practices). He was one of the founding co-conveners of the Populism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (UK) and since 2014 he is directing the POPULISMUS Observatory: www.populismus.gr He has published numerous books and articles on psychoanalysis, political theory and populism. For more details, see: https://auth.academia.edu/YannisStavrakakis
