Benjamin Arditi
Biographic Data
| ID | 271655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Arditi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Arditi |
| SIGNATURE | ARDITI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3536-873X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Three Provocations concerning the Uses of Populism
This article outlines three provocations to shake up the comfort zone of populism studies. These are: that populism may have become an anachronism and we should think about moving on; that populism may work better as a term of derision, as democracy was for the ancient Greeks; that we should describe it as a historical phenomenon, something that happened in the mid-twentieth century but is no longer current. So, my suggestion to populism scholars…
El populismo como espectro de la democracia: Una respuesta a Canovan
La literatura sobre populismo solía describir al fenómeno como una alternativa a la vía normal del tránsito desde una sociedad tradicional a una moderna, como una forma de acceso a la participación política por parte de los excluidos o como una anomalía vis-a-vis la lucha de clases y las instituciones liberales. Más recientemente, el debate se ha desplazado hacia una suerte de terra incognita debido al interés creciente en la conexión entre el po…
Desacuerdo sin reconciliación: Democracia, Igualdad Y La Esfera Pública
Desacuerdo sin reconciliación: democracia, igualdad y la esfera pública
Insurgencias No Tienen Un Plan, Ellas Son El Plan: Performativos Políticos Y Mediadores Evanescentes en 2011
Las insurgencias no tienen un plan, ellas son el plan: performativos políticos y mediadores evanescentes en 2011
Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change
Disagreement without reconciliation: Democracy, equality and the public realm
Nancy Fraser claims that the public sphere did not live up to the assumption of strict equality envisioned by Arendt and Habermas. She also believes that socioeconomic equality is a necessary condition for a truly democratic public realm. This is problematic not because equality is an unworthy goal but because it ties its pursuit to classical narratives of emancipation and hence to an ethos of reconciliation, at least implicitly. I argue instead …
Forthcoming in Volume 43 Number 3
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The Concept of the Public Realm
"Sobre O "Político: Com Schmitt e apesar de Schmitt
Uma observação padrão na literatura é o tratamento dado por Schmitt às oscilações políticas entre a nostalgia por um Estado forte da era vestfaliana e uma descrição lúcida do novo cenário político estatal e não-estatal. Menos óbvio é que essas tensões não impedem possibilidades mais interessantes do seu trabalho. Para encontrá-las, é preciso preparar-se para pensar com e a despeito de Schmitt, seja navegando através de sua teoria do político, sem…
Arguments about the Left Turns in Latin America: A Post-Liberal Politics
This article proposes a conceptual framework to discuss the left and left turns in Latin American politics. It then proceeds to argue that winning elections—the recurrent criterion for these turns—might generate tremendous enthusiasm but is also a restrictive benchmark. Other indicators I discuss here include the left's agenda-setting capacity, its redefinition of the political and ideological center, and its incipient challenge of the liberal se…
Politics on the Edges of LiberalismDifference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
This is truly interdisciplinary inquiry at the cutting edge of contemporary debates in politics critical theory philosophy and sociology
Politics on the Edges of Liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Politics on the edges of liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Post-hegemony: Politics outside the usual post-Marxist paradigm
Hegemony’ functions as the codeword for the mechanics of political activity within a paradoxical representation of totality that shows the inadequacy of all representation. Gramsci described it as
Stirred and Shaken A symptomatology of ‘the art of the possible’
From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of Resistance
The assumption of this article is that the “second great transformation” proposed by global actors parallels the one advanced by those who resisted laissez-faire capitalism in the 19th century. Both dispute the unilateral imposition of a new planetary order and endeavor to modify the rhythm and direction of economic processes presented as either fact or fate. In doing so, they effectively place the question of the political institution of this or…
Populism as a Spectre of Democracy: A Response to Canovan
The literature on populism used to depict the phenomenon as an alternative to the standard path from traditional to modern society; as a way to enfranchise the underclass; or as an anomaly visà-vis class politics and liberal institutions. More recently, the debate has shifted into something of a terra incognita as a result of the growing interest in the connection between populism and democratic politics. One of the more intriguing contributions …
Trayectoria y potencial político de la idea de sociedad civil (Trajectory and Political Potential of the Idea of Civil Society)
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning
(2003). Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning. Parallax: Vol. 9, Mourning Revolution, pp. 81-95
The Becoming-Other of Politics: A Post-Liberal Archipelago
Populism, or, politics at the edges of democracy
Neopopulism and neocorporatism are regular entries in our political lexicon, yet the meaning assigned to the prefix ‘neo’ is not as clear in the former as it is in the latter. The rather unambiguous meaning of neocorporatism derives from the conceptual stability of its classical referent in the mainstream literature of political science. In the case of neopopulism, the prefix has not fared as well, partly due to the contested status of populism a…
El reverso de la diferencia: Identidad y política
Polemicization: The Contingency of the Commonplace
The distinctive feature of this book is its ingenious argumentative strategy: it takes on the political by developing a practice and a thought the authors call 'polemicization'. They draw from the recent work of the political philosopher Jacques Rancière, for whom a polemic or disagreement does not refer to the case when one interlocutor says white and another black. Instead, it designates the conflict arising when, for example, both parties say …
The negotiation of equivalence
The paper deals with the status of referents for claims among conflicting claimants when multiplicity is a fact and there is no room for a substantive notion of community. It develops a notion of contingent and 'impure' universal as it arises in the negotiation of equivalence in scenarios of conflict between claimants. My argument is that measures of equivalence cannot conform to the caricature of absolute, all-encompassing referents intent on su…
Tracing the political
Populism as a Spectre of Democracy: A Response to Canovan
The literature on populism used to depict the phenomenon as an alternative to the standard path from traditional to modern society; as a way to enfranchise the underclass; or as an anomaly visà-vis class politics and liberal institutions. More recently, the debate has shifted into something of a terra incognita as a result of the growing interest in the connection between populism and democratic politics. One of the more intriguing contributions …
Populism, or, politics at the edges of democracy
Neopopulism and neocorporatism are regular entries in our political lexicon, yet the meaning assigned to the prefix ‘neo’ is not as clear in the former as it is in the latter. The rather unambiguous meaning of neocorporatism derives from the conceptual stability of its classical referent in the mainstream literature of political science. In the case of neopopulism, the prefix has not fared as well, partly due to the contested status of populism a…
Arguments about the Left Turns in Latin America: A Post-Liberal Politics
This article proposes a conceptual framework to discuss the left and left turns in Latin American politics. It then proceeds to argue that winning elections—the recurrent criterion for these turns—might generate tremendous enthusiasm but is also a restrictive benchmark. Other indicators I discuss here include the left's agenda-setting capacity, its redefinition of the political and ideological center, and its incipient challenge of the liberal se…
Post-hegemony: Politics outside the usual post-Marxist paradigm
Hegemony’ functions as the codeword for the mechanics of political activity within a paradoxical representation of totality that shows the inadequacy of all representation. Gramsci described it as
Disagreement without reconciliation: Democracy, equality and the public realm
Nancy Fraser claims that the public sphere did not live up to the assumption of strict equality envisioned by Arendt and Habermas. She also believes that socioeconomic equality is a necessary condition for a truly democratic public realm. This is problematic not because equality is an unworthy goal but because it ties its pursuit to classical narratives of emancipation and hence to an ethos of reconciliation, at least implicitly. I argue instead …
The Becoming-Other of Politics: A Post-Liberal Archipelago
Tracing the political
El populismo como espectro de la democracia: Una respuesta a Canovan
La literatura sobre populismo solía describir al fenómeno como una alternativa a la vía normal del tránsito desde una sociedad tradicional a una moderna, como una forma de acceso a la participación política por parte de los excluidos o como una anomalía vis-a-vis la lucha de clases y las instituciones liberales. Más recientemente, el debate se ha desplazado hacia una suerte de terra incognita debido al interés creciente en la conexión entre el po…
Elecciones y partidos en el Paraguay de la transición
Con el glope de Estado que derroto a Alfredo Stroessner en Paraguay, se inicio un proceso de transicion a la democracia que debe ser entendido, senala Arditi, a partir de las circunstancias particulares en que ocurrio. Dos son los temas centrales de los que parte el autor para el analisis de este proceso: uno es que no se trata de una ruptura revolucionaria; el cambio fue desencadenado por las fuerzas armadas y un sector gobernante del Partido Co…
Trayectoria y potencial político de la idea de sociedad civil (Trajectory and Political Potential of the Idea of Civil Society)
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning
(2003). Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning. Parallax: Vol. 9, Mourning Revolution, pp. 81-95
Uma gramática pós-moderna para pensar o social
Elecciones y partidos en el Paraguay de la transición
Con el glope de Estado que derroto a Alfredo Stroessner en Paraguay, se inicio un proceso de transicion a la democracia que debe ser entendido, senala Arditi, a partir de las circunstancias particulares en que ocurrio. Dos son los temas centrales de los que parte el autor para el analisis de este proceso: uno es que no se trata de una ruptura revolucionaria; el cambio fue desencadenado por las fuerzas armadas y un sector gobernante del Partido Co…
Tracing the political
The negotiation of equivalence
The paper deals with the status of referents for claims among conflicting claimants when multiplicity is a fact and there is no room for a substantive notion of community. It develops a notion of contingent and 'impure' universal as it arises in the negotiation of equivalence in scenarios of conflict between claimants. My argument is that measures of equivalence cannot conform to the caricature of absolute, all-encompassing referents intent on su…
Polemicization: The Contingency of the Commonplace
The distinctive feature of this book is its ingenious argumentative strategy: it takes on the political by developing a practice and a thought the authors call 'polemicization'. They draw from the recent work of the political philosopher Jacques Rancière, for whom a polemic or disagreement does not refer to the case when one interlocutor says white and another black. Instead, it designates the conflict arising when, for example, both parties say …
El reverso de la diferencia: Identidad y política
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning
(2003). Talkin' 'bout a Revolution: The End of Mourning. Parallax: Vol. 9, Mourning Revolution, pp. 81-95
The Becoming-Other of Politics: A Post-Liberal Archipelago
Populism, or, politics at the edges of democracy
Neopopulism and neocorporatism are regular entries in our political lexicon, yet the meaning assigned to the prefix ‘neo’ is not as clear in the former as it is in the latter. The rather unambiguous meaning of neocorporatism derives from the conceptual stability of its classical referent in the mainstream literature of political science. In the case of neopopulism, the prefix has not fared as well, partly due to the contested status of populism a…
From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of Resistance
The assumption of this article is that the “second great transformation” proposed by global actors parallels the one advanced by those who resisted laissez-faire capitalism in the 19th century. Both dispute the unilateral imposition of a new planetary order and endeavor to modify the rhythm and direction of economic processes presented as either fact or fate. In doing so, they effectively place the question of the political institution of this or…
Populism as a Spectre of Democracy: A Response to Canovan
The literature on populism used to depict the phenomenon as an alternative to the standard path from traditional to modern society; as a way to enfranchise the underclass; or as an anomaly visà-vis class politics and liberal institutions. More recently, the debate has shifted into something of a terra incognita as a result of the growing interest in the connection between populism and democratic politics. One of the more intriguing contributions …
Trayectoria y potencial político de la idea de sociedad civil (Trajectory and Political Potential of the Idea of Civil Society)
Stirred and Shaken A symptomatology of ‘the art of the possible’
Politics on the Edges of LiberalismDifference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
This is truly interdisciplinary inquiry at the cutting edge of contemporary debates in politics critical theory philosophy and sociology
Politics on the Edges of Liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Politics on the edges of liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Post-hegemony: Politics outside the usual post-Marxist paradigm
Hegemony’ functions as the codeword for the mechanics of political activity within a paradoxical representation of totality that shows the inadequacy of all representation. Gramsci described it as
Forthcoming in Volume 43 Number 3
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Concept of the Public Realm
"Sobre O "Político: Com Schmitt e apesar de Schmitt
Uma observação padrão na literatura é o tratamento dado por Schmitt às oscilações políticas entre a nostalgia por um Estado forte da era vestfaliana e uma descrição lúcida do novo cenário político estatal e não-estatal. Menos óbvio é que essas tensões não impedem possibilidades mais interessantes do seu trabalho. Para encontrá-las, é preciso preparar-se para pensar com e a despeito de Schmitt, seja navegando através de sua teoria do político, sem…
Arguments about the Left Turns in Latin America: A Post-Liberal Politics
This article proposes a conceptual framework to discuss the left and left turns in Latin American politics. It then proceeds to argue that winning elections—the recurrent criterion for these turns—might generate tremendous enthusiasm but is also a restrictive benchmark. Other indicators I discuss here include the left's agenda-setting capacity, its redefinition of the political and ideological center, and its incipient challenge of the liberal se…
Disagreement without reconciliation: Democracy, equality and the public realm
Nancy Fraser claims that the public sphere did not live up to the assumption of strict equality envisioned by Arendt and Habermas. She also believes that socioeconomic equality is a necessary condition for a truly democratic public realm. This is problematic not because equality is an unworthy goal but because it ties its pursuit to classical narratives of emancipation and hence to an ethos of reconciliation, at least implicitly. I argue instead …
Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change
Desacuerdo sin reconciliación: Democracia, Igualdad Y La Esfera Pública
Desacuerdo sin reconciliación: democracia, igualdad y la esfera pública
Insurgencias No Tienen Un Plan, Ellas Son El Plan: Performativos Políticos Y Mediadores Evanescentes en 2011
Las insurgencias no tienen un plan, ellas son el plan: performativos políticos y mediadores evanescentes en 2011
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