Rethinking populism. Towards a radical and agonistic democracy

Populism, a polysemic word if any, around which important philosophical, sociological and historiographical trends focus on, showing it’s most aberrant aspects, or in this case, it’s redeeming elements, in its close relationship with democracy. Even the populist phenomenon is uncertain, being consid...

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Autor principal: Arano, Benjamín
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2018
Materias:
Populism
Democracy
Projection
Populismo
Democracia
Proyección
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/22116
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Revista de la Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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Democracy
Projection
Populismo
Democracia
Proyección
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Rethinking populism. Towards a radical and agonistic democracy
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Democracy
Projection
Populismo
Democracia
Proyección
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title Rethinking populism. Towards a radical and agonistic democracy
title_short Rethinking populism. Towards a radical and agonistic democracy
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description Populism, a polysemic word if any, around which important philosophical, sociological and historiographical trends focus on, showing it’s most aberrant aspects, or in this case, it’s redeeming elements, in its close relationship with democracy. Even the populist phenomenon is uncertain, being considered political style, a political system, or a way of representation, or perhaps as an implementation of popular national policies, among others. Taking all this into account is that we need to open a window to air a room with too much smoke that has influenced the minds of those who set to think, far away from historical reality, on what we consider a possible false dilemma, which in political theory has already gone through several years, the one that contrast populism with democracy and vice versa. This paper relates the ontological conception of populism presented in Ernesto Laclau, combined with Chantal Mouffe´s contributions about the constituent element of politics as inherent to the same phenomenon. At the same time, in an attempt to go further in the topic, we question the interpretation of Benjamin Arditi and M. Canovan, who understand it as a negative aspect, spectral and dangerous, in the authoritarian limits of democracy, suggesting the psychoanalytic term “projection” as a characteristic feature of populism. To conclude, taking Chantal Mouffe’s contributions, we try to overcome the antagonistic logic suggesting an understanding/interpretation of populism as an agonistic and radical icon of democracy.  
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spelling I10-R364-article-221162020-02-13T20:59:22Z Rethinking populism. Towards a radical and agonistic democracy Repensando el populismo. Hacia una democracia radical y agonista Arano, Benjamín Populism Democracy Projection Populismo Democracia Proyección Populism, a polysemic word if any, around which important philosophical, sociological and historiographical trends focus on, showing it’s most aberrant aspects, or in this case, it’s redeeming elements, in its close relationship with democracy. Even the populist phenomenon is uncertain, being considered political style, a political system, or a way of representation, or perhaps as an implementation of popular national policies, among others. Taking all this into account is that we need to open a window to air a room with too much smoke that has influenced the minds of those who set to think, far away from historical reality, on what we consider a possible false dilemma, which in political theory has already gone through several years, the one that contrast populism with democracy and vice versa. This paper relates the ontological conception of populism presented in Ernesto Laclau, combined with Chantal Mouffe´s contributions about the constituent element of politics as inherent to the same phenomenon. At the same time, in an attempt to go further in the topic, we question the interpretation of Benjamin Arditi and M. Canovan, who understand it as a negative aspect, spectral and dangerous, in the authoritarian limits of democracy, suggesting the psychoanalytic term “projection” as a characteristic feature of populism. To conclude, taking Chantal Mouffe’s contributions, we try to overcome the antagonistic logic suggesting an understanding/interpretation of populism as an agonistic and radical icon of democracy.   Populismo, palabra polisémica si las hay, en torno al cual importantes corrientes filosóficas, sociológicas e historiográficas se abocan en mostrar sus aspectos más aberrantes, o en este caso,  sus elementos redentores, en su inseparable relación con la democracia. Hasta el fenómeno mismo del populismo esta indeterminado, siendo considerado como un estilo político, un régimen político o una forma de representación o quizás como la implementación de políticas nacional populares, entre otras. Por esto mismo, se nos hace necesario abrir una ventana para dejar correr el aire en un ambiente con demasiado humo que ha contaminado las mentes de quienes se sientan a pensar, muy alejados de la realidad histórica, en torno a lo que consideramos como un posible falso dilema que en la teoría política recorre ya varios años, el de siempre contraponer al populismo con la democracia y viceversa. Este trabajo relaciona la concepción ontológica del populismo que observamos en Ernesto Laclau, combinándolos con los aportes de Chantal Mouffe sobre lo constitutivo de lo político como inherente del mismo fenómeno. A su vez, en pos de avanzar en la interpretación se critica la interpretación de Benjamín Arditi y de M. Canovan, que lo entienden como un rasgo negativo, espectral y peligroso, en las fronteras autoritarias de la democracia, proponiendo el concepto de psicoanalítico de “proyección” como rasgo del populismo. Para culminar, con los aportes de Chantal Mouffe intentamos superar la lógica antagonista proponiendo interpretar al populismo en clave agonista y radical de la democracia. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2018-11-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/22116 Journal Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea ; No. 9 (2018): Revista de la Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea. Diciembre 2018-Mayo 2019; 1-15 Revista de la Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea; Núm. 9 (2018): Revista de la Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea. Diciembre 2018-Mayo 2019; 1-15 Revista da Rede Intercátedras de História Contemporânea da América Latina ; n. 9 (2018): Revista de la Red Intercátedras de Historia de América Latina Contemporánea. Diciembre 2018-Mayo 2019; 1-15 2250-7264 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/22116/23198 Derechos de autor 2018 Benjamín Arano

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