On populist reason / Ernesto Laclau.

By:

Laclau, Ernesto, 1935-2014

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2018.Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9781788731317
178873131X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

324.2/13

LOC classification:

JC 423 L141o 2018

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Part one. The denigration of the masses. Populism: ambiguities and paradoxes Le bon: suggestion and distorted representations Suggestion, imitation, identification. Part two. Constructing the "people." The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity Populism, representation and democracy. Part three. Populist variations. The saga of populism Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people."

Summary: Focuses on the construction of popular identities and how "the people" emerge as a collective actor. Combining theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts, Laclau offers a critical reading of the existing literature on populism, demonstrating its dependency on the theorists of 'mass psychology', such as Taine and Freud.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JC 423 L141o 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000174172

"First published by Verso 2005"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.

Part one. The denigration of the masses. Populism: ambiguities and paradoxes
Le bon: suggestion and distorted representations
Suggestion, imitation, identification. Part two. Constructing the "people." The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness
Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity
Populism, representation and democracy. Part three. Populist variations. The saga of populism
Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people."

Focuses on the construction of popular identities and how "the people" emerge as a collective actor. Combining theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts, Laclau offers a critical reading of the existing literature on populism, demonstrating its dependency on the theorists of 'mass psychology', such as Taine and Freud.

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