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moreICCS WPS 06 Populism: the success story of an eclectic notion
Author/Speaker｜Alain Brossat
Publication Date｜2019-02
Abstract
Populism is such a vague, changing and nebulous notion that can only be the alias of a symptom — what it actually points out is the deep crisis that presently affects market democracies in the West and elsewhere. This in particular since perfect fascists come to power in these countries, in the most regular way, on the occasion of general elections. The word “populism” is an emergency dressing on this infected wound: the simple fact that politicians whose affinities with fascism are obvious can make their nest in so-called liberal democratic institutions without making them implode, and make of market democracies war machines against various sorts of “enemies”: migrants, Muslims, poor workers, women, etc. The promotion of the term populism in the media sphere aims at containing a dangerous haemorrhage of sense and legitimacy that is expanding in the realm of so-called liberal democracies. It's not a concept; it's a fig leaf. It has no analytical value; it's just cosmetic.
