Antipopulism as a Political Logic. Conceptualising the Public Debate and Discourses About Populism

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Goyvaerts, Jana [1 ]
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[1] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Commun Sci, Pl Laan 9, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
关键词
Democratic theory; Belgium; Media studies; Political identity; Poststructuralism; Demokratische Theorie; Belgien; Medienwissenschaft; Politische Identit & auml; t; Poststrukturalismus; ANTI-POPULISM; MEDIA; PEOPLE; EUROPE; TALK;
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10.1007/s11615-025-00605-x
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D0 [政治学、政治理论];
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0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Following a boom in populism research, recently more scholars have emphasised the need to also study discourses about populism. This research shows that "populism" has always been predominantly used negatively, often to label and denounce political adversaries or newcomers. This shift in focus towards the discourse around populism has led to a surge of interest in the concept of "antipopulism". However, despite this growing interest, there is currently no clear definition for the term "antipopulism", and it is used to study a wide array of phenomena. This article therefore proposes to study antipopulism as a political logic, similar to the approach taken within populism research. This approach allows the study of the political content that is communicated through antipopulism, rather than treating antipopulism itself as an ideology or political project. This conceptualisation of antipopulism as a political logic is developed through a historical perspective on antipopulism and an analysis of the current literature on the subject. To demonstrate how an antipopulist political logic works in practice, the paper then discusses the results of an empirical analysis of the uses of the word "populism" in Belgian newspapers. Nach einem Boom in der Populismusforschung haben in letzter Zeit mehr Wissenschaftler die Notwendigkeit betont, auch Diskurse & uuml;ber Populismus zu untersuchen. Diese Forschung zeigt, dass der Begriff ,,Populismus" seit jeher & uuml;berwiegend negativ verwendet wurde, oft um politische Gegner oder Neulinge zu bezeichnen und zu verurteilen. Diese Verlagerung des Schwerpunkts auf den Diskurs & uuml;ber Populismus hat zu einem verst & auml;rkten Interesse am Konzept des ,,Antipopulismus" gef & uuml;hrt. Trotz dieses wachsenden Interesses gibt es derzeit jedoch keine klare Definition des Begriffs ,,Antipopulismus", und er wird zur Untersuchung einer Vielzahl von Ph & auml;nomenen verwendet. In diesem Artikel wird daher vorgeschlagen, den Antipopulismus als ,,Political Logic" zu untersuchen, & auml;hnlich dem Ansatz, der in der Populismusforschung verfolgt wird. Dieser Ansatz erm & ouml;glicht es, den politischen Inhalt zu untersuchen, der durch den Antipopulismus vermittelt wird, anstatt den Antipopulismus selbst als Ideologie oder politisches Projekt zu behandeln. Diese Konzeptualisierung des Antipopulismus als ,,Political Logic" wird durch eine historische Perspektive auf den Antipopulismus und eine Analyse der aktuellen Literatur zu diesem Thema entwickelt. Um zu zeigen, wie eine antipopulistische politische Logik in der Praxis funktioniert, werden anschlie ss end die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Analyse der Verwendung des Wortes ,,Populismus" in belgischen Zeitungen er & ouml;rtert.
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