Beyond populism
The Ideological Dimensions of Anti-Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6293197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Blendi Kajsiu (0000-0002-6256-2995, Universidad de Antioquia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 256-272 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/13569317.2021.2017134 |
| OpenAlex | W4200499362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The tendency to identify anti-politics with populism obscures the diverse ideological positions from which the political class and political institutions are denounced and rejected. It is important, therefore, to distinguish between populist and non-populist anti-politics discourses. An anti-politics discourse can be classified as populist only when it is articulated with key concepts of populism, understood as a thin ideology, such as popular sovereignty, the people as the underdog and the will of the people as the ultimate source of political legitimacy. Given that populism as a thin ideology consists of a very limited number of core concepts it is rarely the only, or the dominant, ideological dimension of anti-politics. The rejection of the ruling political class and institutions can be justified from a number of ideological positions. There are populist, conservative, nationalist, liberal and socialist anti-politics, or a combination thereof. It is only by distinguishing between populism and anti-politics that we can identify the multiple ideological dimensions of the latter
Ideology · Legitimacy · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |