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On populist reason / Ernesto Laclau.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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
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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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JC 423 K29d 2004 La démocratie, sa nature, sa valeur / JC 423 K29e 1934 Esencia y valor de la democracia / JC 423 K61m 1979 Mis memorias / JC 423 L141o 2018 On populist reason / JC 423 L141r 2005 La razón populista / JC 423 L242d 2004 La démocratie-monde : pour une autre gouvernance globale / JC 423 L242r 1999 Repenser la démocratie /

"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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