Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’

Abstract This position paper argues for an interdisciplinary agenda relating crises to on-going processes of normalization anti- and post-democratic action. We call exploring theoretically empirically the ‘new normal’ logic introduced into public imagination on back various crises, including recent ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe, COVID-19 pandemic, or still ongoing Russian invasion Ukraine. Gathering researchers populism, extremism, discrimination, other formats action, we propose investigating how, why, under which conditions, discourses practices underlying re-emerge challenge liberal democratic order. argue multiple variants ‘the new related historically more recently. are interested how why these open pathways politics exclusion, inequality, xenophobia patterns action while deepening polarization radicalization society as well propelling far-right ideologies.