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Abstract
As a consequence of its performative turn, the critical literature on populism has dedicated increasing attention to its sociocultural and stylistic features. Among the most prominent concepts underpinning this approach is the notion that populism relies on the "flaunting of the low" or the use of "bad manners." This article engages in an extensive discussion of the way this concept is used in the literature and showcases its main limitations. In replacement, I then suggest the alternative concept of transgression, understood as the violation of a norm, which has the substantial advantages of being more flexible and versatile as well as less reliant on a normative binary. I then develop an associated typology of transgressive performances depending on which type of norms is being disrupted: transgressions of interactional norms, transgressions of rhetoric norms, and transgressions of theatrical norms. Following this, I showcase how this typology contributes to the IR literature by emphasizing the importance of agency and embodied performances in global politics. This article concludes on the potential of considering transgression beyond populism.

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Performance and left populism -- Part 1 Performance and populism theories -- 1 The stylistic approach to populism: From early definitions to interdisciplinary hybridization -- 2 American paranoia: Trump, Sanders and theoretical reflections on researching populism as performance -- Part 2 Performance and populist leadership -- 3 The democratic productivity of populist bodily representation -- 4 Performing the people: Discourses and performances of Pablo Iglesias and Volodymyr Zelensky -- Part 3 Performance, populism and artistic practices -- 5 The last Peronist Spectacle: The Argentina Pavilion at the Expo 2015 World's Fair -- 6 Joyful festivities: Happenings as a populist strategy in the work of Alex Mlynarčík -- 7 Left populism and the revival of Demos through performance: Four tasks for practicing democracy -- Part 4 Further perspectives on performance and populism -- 8 Populism and populism research: A conversation with Yannis Stavrakakis -- Index -- Imprint.