Populism as a theoretical framework: modern aspect for political system

In the article considered the common and special approach in different European countries to the definition of populism, traced the evolution of the concept from the ancient period. Thus, we can state that the concept of populism is a multifaceted political construct that performs the integrative-cognitive function of structuring and constructing a complex and controversial political reality with elements of social, discursive and praxeological eclecticism. A characteristic feature of the actualization of populism is the extreme parameters of the functioning of the state-political organism of society and the value projections of its existence. The crisis of society, which generates a conceptual platform of populism, reflects the objective need for democratization of the foundations of social order and social life. In particular, the anti-elite orientation of populism is due to the need to expand the influence of the subject field and instruments of direct democracy and direct democracy. The anthropological optimism of populism contrasts with the static-consensual metaphysics of the elitis.