Which is the relationship between populism and celebrity? And in which sense Pope Francis can be considered a celebrity? Through a brief analysis of some features of Pope Francis’ discourses and practices, the paper aims at focusing the specificity that populism can assume in the religious discourse and the strange mix that we can find in this Pope between divine sacredness and earthly humanity.
Anna Maria Lorusso (2018). The Strange Case of Pope Francis: Between Populism, Celebrity and Divinity. MEDIASCAPES JOURNAL, 11/2018, 56-63.
The Strange Case of Pope Francis: Between Populism, Celebrity and Divinity
Anna Maria Lorusso
2018
Abstract
Which is the relationship between populism and celebrity? And in which sense Pope Francis can be considered a celebrity? Through a brief analysis of some features of Pope Francis’ discourses and practices, the paper aims at focusing the specificity that populism can assume in the religious discourse and the strange mix that we can find in this Pope between divine sacredness and earthly humanity.File in questo prodotto:
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