Abstract

CURCO COBOS, Felipe. Populism, hegemony and democratic authoritarianism. Andamios [online]. 2021, vol.18, n.46, pp.47-69.  Epub Jan 17, 2022. ISSN 2594-1917.  https://doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v18i46.837.

Around the category “populism” all kinds of political anxieties are usually articulated. Wermer or Laclau have been correct in stating that the frivolity in the use of this concept has ended up making it synonymous with everything that we dislike in a government with a large popular base. The truth is that “populism” has been used in academic and political debate as an evaluative term rather than as an analytical category. In this text I propose to show that -in order to develop a correct theory of populism- we must begin by avoiding evaluative language and instead undertake an analytical task. I will prove that such task is the first step to differentiate between populism and democratic authoritarianism.

Keywords : Populism; hegemony; authoritarianism; democracy; post-politics.

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