As Europe and the United States prepare themselves to see a rise of far-right and illiberal parties gaining a large share of the votes at the June and November 2024 elections, Marlene Laruelle explores the grassroots reasons for this rise of illiberalism. Moving beyond the usual explanations of electoral politics and populist rhetoric, she engages with the deeper transformations of our societies in terms of their relationship to time and space, socioeconomic transformations, the impact of media ecosystems, the polarization…