On populist reason
"In this new and highly original work Ernesto Laclau continues the philosophical and political exploration initiated in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time and Emancipation(s). His topic here is the construction of popular identities, conceived in a wide sense covering the ensemble of strategies making possible the emergence of the 'people' as a collective actor. The book combines theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts."--BOOK JACKET
xii, 276 pages ; 20 cm
9781859846513, 9781859843529, 9781844671861, 9781788731317, 1859846513, 1859843522, 1844671860, 178873131X
60796095
Populism : ambiguities and paradoxes
Le bon : suggestion and distorted representations
Suggestion, imitation, identification
The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness
Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity
Populism, representation and democracy
Populist variations
The saga of populism
Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people."