The nationalism-populism matrix
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6292811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaakko Heiskanen (0000-0003-4547-5985, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-355 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569317.2020.1825280 |
| OpenAlex | W3087848986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
Nationalism and populism are frequently confused in popular and academic discourse alike. The aim of this article is to shed some light on the mutual entanglement of nationalism and populism by delineating the historical and structural conditions out of which the two discourses arise. Specifically, I demonstrate that nationalism and populism are symptomatic of the coupling of two political principles within the territorial frame of the modern state: the principle of political representation and the principle of popular sovereignty. As a result, the functioning of modern politics requires a double move: the identification of who the sovereign people are and the re-presentation of the people in the place of power. I argue that nationalism corresponds to the first of these moves while populism corresponds to the second. Nationalism and populism are, therefore, intrinsically intertwined: even if they can be conceptually distinguished, they cannot be fully separated. This also suggests that nationalism and populism are much more pervasive in modern political theory and practice than has generally been recognized. The extreme phenomena to which the terms commonly refer are just especially intense and polarized manifestations of two underlying logics that are always-already at work
Ideology · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Sovereignty · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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Forum
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |