Different approaches to populism: representation, style, and the future of democracy

• Authors: Kristián Těmín
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The four reviewed books belong among the most influential contemporary contributions to theories of populism. Approaches described by authors are different, and together they do not provide a coherent view of defining features of populism. Moreover, they remain in disagreement on whether to evaluate populism as a threat or deepening of democracy. To overcome such a difference of opinions, I propose to focus more on the role of populistic representation instead of defining features of populism. In addition, I suggest applying a populistic style approach that provides a helpful description of populism since it outlines populism as a useful and valuable concept when describing contemporary political changes and does not understand it necessarily as a democracy’s dead-end.

Keywords

EN

populism; democracy; representation; political style; leader

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 72
• Issue: Special_issue_1
• Pages: 124-138
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kristián Těmín

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic