Populism. The obscure clarity of a political category
Journal title SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)
Author/s Marco Baldassari
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/52
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 63-75 File size 72 KB
DOI 10.3280/LAS2015-052006
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The essay’s purpose is to provide some theoretical guidelines about the concept of populism, conceived as a political category. The essay’s starting point is the post-marxist analysis developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, inherent the construction of the social agents and the hegemonic logic, on which is based the construction of people (taking into consideration their original interpretation of Gramsci’s thought). The essay focuses on the rationality of the populistic phenomenon and not only on the descriptive aspects linked with mentality or ideology. Furthermore, the essay intends to problematize the use of populistic modalities assumed by the élite in the neoliberal contest, as well as the implications that the transformation of ‘sovereignty’ and ‘democracy’ have determined for populism itself.
Marco Baldassari, Populismo. L’oscura chiarezza di una categoria politica in "SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)" 52/2015, pp 63-75, DOI: 10.3280/LAS2015-052006