On populist reason /

Laclau, Ernesto.

On populist reason / Ernesto Laclau. - London ; New York : Verso, 2005. - xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.

Part I: Denigration of the masses. Populism : ambiguities and paradoxes -- Le bon : suggestion and distorted representations -- Suggestion, imitation, identification -- Part II: Constructing the people. The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness -- Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity -- Populism, representation and democracy -- Part III: Populist variations -- The saga of populism -- Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people".

1859846513 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781844671861

2005017441


Populism.

JC423 / .L253 2005

324.2/13

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