TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laclau,Ernesto
TI  - On populist reason
SN  - 9781788731317
AV  - JC 423 L141o 2018
U1  - 324.2/13 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Populism
KW  - Populismo
KW  - Filosofía política
KW  - Identidad grupal
N1  - "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."
N2  - 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.
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005017441.html
ER  -