Is populism a social pathology? The myth of immediacy and its effects

IF 2.3 1区 社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY
Justo Serrano Zamora
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This article argues that populism, both in its left-wing and right-wing versions, is a social pathology in the sense contemporary critical theorists give to it. As such, it suffers from a disconnect between first order political practices and the reflexive grasp of the meaning of those practices. This disconnect is due to populists’ ideal of freedom, which they understand as authentic self-expression of ‘the People’, rejecting the need for mediating instances such as parties, parliaments or epistemic actors. When enacted in political practices and institutions, this ideal creates the conditions for undermining different forms of political freedom, including populist’s own ideal of collective self-expression, which they erode by fostering expressive domination. This all makes populism a self-defeating political ideology and bad candidate for advancing democracy in times of crisis. The article ends with a consideration of the advantages of this view compared to existing approaches to populism.
民粹主义是一种社会病态吗?即时性的神话及其影响
本文认为,民粹主义,无论是左翼还是右翼版本,都是当代批判理论家赋予它的一种社会病理学。因此,它遭受着一阶政治实践与对这些实践意义的反射性理解之间的脱节。这种脱节是由于民粹主义者的自由理想,他们将其理解为“人民”的真实自我表达,拒绝需要调解政党、议会或认识论行为者等情况。当在政治实践和制度中实施时,这一理想为破坏不同形式的政治自由创造了条件,包括民粹主义者自己的集体自我表达理想,他们通过培养表达性统治来削弱这种理想。这一切都使民粹主义成为一种弄巧成拙的政治意识形态,是在危机时期推进民主的糟糕候选人。文章最后考虑了这种观点与现有民粹主义方法相比的优势。
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期刊介绍: An internationally respected journal with a wide-reaching conception of social theory, the European Journal of Social Theory brings together social theorists and theoretically-minded social scientists with the objective of making social theory relevant to the challenges facing the social sciences in the 21st century. The European Journal of Social Theory aims to be a worldwide forum of social thought. The Journal welcomes articles on all aspects of the social, covering the whole range of contemporary debates in social theory. Reflecting some of the commonalities in European intellectual life, contributors might discuss the theoretical contexts of issues such as the nation state, democracy, citizenship, risk; identity, social divisions, violence, gender and knowledge.
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