On Populist Reason
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On Populist Reason is a seminal theoretical work by political theorist Ernesto Laclau that offers an influential analysis of populism as a logic of political articulation rather than a specific ideology.
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| On Populist Reason canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political theory book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural studies
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political philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| author | Ernesto Laclau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
essentialist conceptions of populism
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purely ideological definitions of populism ⓘ |
| describes |
populism as a logic of articulation
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populism as a political logic ⓘ populism as not tied to a specific ideology ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
chain of equivalence
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empty signifier ⓘ hegemony ⓘ people vs power bloc antagonism ⓘ radical democracy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case-oriented discussions of populist movements
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theoretical chapters on populist logic ⓘ |
| hasReception |
influential in debates on populism
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subject of extensive academic commentary ⓘ widely discussed in political theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Gramsci
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Jacques Derrida NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacanian psychoanalysis ⓘ discourse analysis ⓘ post-Marxism ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
discourse theory
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political theory ⓘ populism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing left-populist theory
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redefining populism as a formal political logic ⓘ systematic theorization of populist discourse ⓘ |
| proposes |
populism as a way of constructing the political "people"
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that populist reason is inherent to democratic politics ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 21st century ⓘ |
| publisher | Verso Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
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New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
researchers in social and political sciences
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scholars of political theory ⓘ students of populism ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation |
discourse-theoretical
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post-Marxist ⓘ |
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