Whose Populism? Which People? Mouffe, Girard and Lonergan in Dialogue
Chantal Mouffe argues that neoliberal "post-politics" has contributed to the rise of a populist moment marked by the re-emergence of collective identifications constitutive of what Carl Schmitt terms "the political." Although right-wing populism exemplifies one response to post-p...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox Publ.
2020
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Religious studies and theology
Année: 2020, Volume: 39, Numéro: 2, Pages: 160-176 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B René Girard B Populism B radical democracy B Agonism B Chantal Mouffe |
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Résumé: | Chantal Mouffe argues that neoliberal "post-politics" has contributed to the rise of a populist moment marked by the re-emergence of collective identifications constitutive of what Carl Schmitt terms "the political." Although right-wing populism exemplifies one response to post-politics, its xenophobic or exclusivist construction of "the people" represents the flipside of neoliberal globalization’s moralization of Schmitt’s friend/enemy distinction. In her efforts to overcome this stalemate, Mouffe commends the development of an agonistic form of politics that widens democratic debate as well as a left populist movement focused on radicalizing the principles of liberty and equality for all. Drawing on the work of René Girard and Bernard Lonergan in this paper’s final section, I aim to confirm but also complicate Mouffe’s account of the twofold movement from antagonism to agonism and radical democracy. The fruits of this three-way conversation represent a modest first step towards the articulation of an inclusive populism. |
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ISSN: | 1747-5414 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rsth.42161 |