Seven essays on populism : for a renewed theoretical perspective

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Seven essays on populism : for a renewed theoretical perspective

Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia ; translated by George Ciccariello-Maher

(Critical south)

Polity Press, c2021

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-164) and index

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This important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought, in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin American political experience and perspectives. In each essay - the title a nod to the influential socialist thinker Jose Carlos Mariategui, from whom the authors draw inspiration - leading Argentine scholars Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia pair key dimensions of populism with diverse themes such as modern-day feminism, militancy, and neoliberalism, in order to stimulate discussion surrounding the constitutive nature, goals, and potential of populist social movements. Biglieri and Cadahia are unafraid to court provocation in their frank assessment of populism as a force which could bring about essential emancipatory social change to confront emerging right-wing trends in policy and leadership. At the same time, this fresh interpretation of a much-maligned political articulation is balanced by their denunciation of right-aligned populisms and their failure to bring to bear a sustainable alternative to contemporary neo-authoritarian forms of neoliberalism. In their place, they articulate a populism which offers a viable means of mobilizing a response to hegemonic forms of neoliberal discourse and government.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Wendy Brown Introduction Essay 1. The Secret of Populism The returns of populism Modernization, class struggle, and the constitutive dimension of the political Populism as ontology of the political Essay 2. Neither Left nor Right: Populism without Apology Populism, left and right? Is all populism right-wing? Just populism Populism without apology Essay 3. Against Neoliberal Fascism: From Sacrificial Identity to Egalitarian Singularity Is populism a form of neoliberalism? The prejudices of the anti-communist liberal left Autonomism: opium of the people Populism as transitional object? Populism: antithesis of neoliberalism Essay 4. Profaning the Public: The Plebeian Dimension of Republican Populism Is populism anti-institutionalist? Ruptural institutionality Plebeian republicanism Republican populism? Essay 5. Toward an Internationalist Populism The beautiful souls of pure causes The people and its leader Toward an internationalist populism Essay 6. The Absent Cause of Populist Militancy Post-foundationalism and the absence of guarantees Neither the cemetery nor the madhouse The three militant questions Essay 7. We Populists are Feminists Let's imagine the future Feminism without identitarian closure Populist feminism (or the antagonism of care) Feminist populism (or the homeland is the other) Bibliography Notes Index

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  • NCID
    BC0144305X
  • ISBN
    • 9781509542215
  • LCCN
    2020027959
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    spa
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvii, 176 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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