Anthropology and populism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2247828
AutoresC Hann (0000-0002-1836-6284, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology at Halle/;Saale.)
Año2019
Volumen35
Número1
Páginas1-2
Fecha de publicación2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8322.12479
OpenAlexW2912464930
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas7

This guest editorial probes the inflationary use of 'populism' and the contribution that anthropologists can make to this field. Although a highly variable phenomenon historically, contemporary populists in locations as diverse as rural Hungary and urban Wales have much in common in their disaffection with the politics of liberal democracy. While the deeper causes must be sought in political economy, emotion and identity are just as important as material interest in populist movements. In describing and explaining populism, anthropologists should heed the populist traditions of their discipline - even at the risk of political incorrectness

Aesthetics · Democracy · Epistemology · Liberal democracy · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Turkey's Politics and Society