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Overview

Yannis Stavrakakis is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, particularly in the areas of political science and international relations as well as sociology and political science. Their work also touches on philosophy and clinical psychology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach.

Their research focuses primarily on populism and right-wing movements, comprising the majority of their published work. Other significant topics of interest include religion and society interactions, critical theory and philosophy, contemporary and historical Greek studies, psychoanalysis, philosophy and politics, Marxism and critical theory, and translation studies and practices.

The scientist has published in several academic venues, with a notable concentration of articles appearing in the Journal of Language and Politics. Other publication venues include Nations and Nationalism, Popular Music, Institutional Research Information System University of Turin, and ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yannis Stavrakakis include:

  • How should we analyze the connections between populism and nationalism: A response to Rogers Brubaker (2020, Nations and Nationalism)
  • Moving discourse theory forward (2020, Journal of Language and Politics)
  • The (discursive) limits of (left) populism (2020, Journal of Language and Politics)
  • Bound to fail? Assessing contemporary left populism (2022, Constellations)
  • An introduction to the special issue on 'Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice' (2020, Journal of Language and Politics)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Benjamin De Cleen
  • Jana Goyvaerts
  • Jason Glynos
  • Nico Carpentier
  • Ilija Tomanić Trivundža

Best Publications

  • Lacan and the political

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Left-wing populism in the European periphery: the case of SYRIZA

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Giorgos Katsambekis

  • Discourse Theory and Political Analysis Identities, Hegemonies and Social Change

    David R. Howarth;Aletta J. Norval;Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Distinctions and Articulations: A Discourse Theoretical Framework for the Study of Populism and Nationalism

    Benjamin De Cleen;Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Introducing discourse theory and political analysis

    D Howarth;Y Stavrakakis

  • The Return of “the People”: Populism and Anti-Populism in the Shadow of the European Crisis

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Extreme right-wing populism in Europe: revisiting a reified association

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Giorgos Katsambekis;Nikos Nikisianis;Alexandros Kioupkiolis

  • Lacan and Political Subjectivity: Fantasy and Enjoyment in Psychoanalysis and Political Theory

    Jason Glynos;Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Antinomies of formalism: Laclau's theory of populism and the lessons from religious populism in Greece

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Green ideology: A discursive reading

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Populism, anti-populism and crisis

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Giorgos Katsambekis;Alexandros Kioupkiolis;Nikos Nikisianis

  • Peripheral Vision Subjectivity and the Organized Other: Between Symbolic Authority and Fantasmatic Enjoyment

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • The Lacanian left : psychoanalysis, theory, politics

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Passions of Identification: Discourse, Enjoyment, and European Identity

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • The Lacanian Left

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Philip Derbyshire

  • Discourse theory in populism research

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • Populism in power: Syriza's challenge to Europe

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • A new populism index at work: identifying populist candidates and parties in the contemporary Greek context

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Ioannis Andreadis;Giorgos Katsambekis

  • The populism/anti-populism frontier and its mediation in crisis-ridden Greece: from discursive divide to emerging cleavage?

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Giorgos Katsambekis;Giorgos Katsambekis

  • Politics and Religion: On the "Politicization" of Greek Church Discourse

    Yannis Stavrakakis

  • (I Can't Get No) Enjoyment: Lacanian Theory and the Analysis of Nationalism

    Yannis Stavrakakis;Nikos Chrysoloras

  • European Populist Parties in Government: How Well are Voters Represented? Evidence from Greece

    Ioannis Andreadis;Yannis Stavrakakis

  • The Potentials and Difficulties of Transnational Populism: The Case of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25):

    Benjamin De Cleen;Benjamin Moffitt;Panos Panayotu;Yannis Stavrakakis

Frequent Co-Authors

David Howarth
David Howarth University of Essex

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