Laclau, Ernesto,  1935-2014 <br/><br/>
On populist reason / 
Ernesto Laclau. 
 - Paperback edition 
 - London ;  New York :  Verso,  2018. 
 - xii, 276 pages :   illustrations ;   21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "First published by Verso 2005"--Title page verso 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one. The denigration of the masses. Populism: ambiguities and paradoxes<br/>Le bon: suggestion and distorted representations<br/>Suggestion, imitation, identification. Part two. Constructing the "people." The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness<br/>Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity<br/>Populism, representation and democracy. Part three. Populist variations. The saga of populism<br/>Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people." 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781788731317 178873131X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005017441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Populism.<br/>Populismo<br/>Filosofía política<br/>Identidad grupal 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC 423  / L141o 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.2/13