دانلود کتاب The Populist Century: History, Theory, Critique

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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Introduction: Conceptualizing Populism
A reality to be theorized
The anatomy of populism
The three histories of populism
On critiques of populism
The alternative
I ANATOMY
1 A Conception of “The People”: The People as One Body
From class to people
Them and us
The power of a word
2 A Theory of Democracy: Direct, Polarized, Immediate
The cult of referendums and the apologia for direct democracy
Democracy polarized
Immediate expression by the people
3 A Mode of Representation: A Leader Embodying the People
The Latin American precedent
The leader as an organ of the people’s body
4 A Politics and a Philosophy of Economics: National Protectionism
The return of political will
A conception of justice and equality
Protectionism as an instrument of security
5 A Regime of Passions and Emotions
The factors underlying the “return of the emotions”
Status-related emotions
Intellect-related emotions
Action-related emotions
Is there a populist personality?
6 The Unity and Diversity of Populisms
Diffuse populism
Regimes and movements
“Left” and “right” populisms
II HISTORY
1 History of Populist Moments I: Caesarism and Illiberal Democracy in France
The theory of the plebiscite
One man embodying the people and the people as one body
Democratic polarization
On the Caesarian critique of parties
A “democratic” vision for limiting freedom of the press
2 History of Populist Moments II: The Years 1890-1914
The panacea of referendums
The rise of national protectionism
Populism aborted
3 History of Populist Moments III: The Latin American Laboratory
Gaitán: a foundational figure
The Peronist regime
On the characterization of Latin American populism
4 Conceptual History: Populism as a Democratic Form
Structuring aporia I: the unlocatable people
Structuring aporia II: the ambiguities of representative democracy
Structuring aporia III: the avatars of impersonality
Structuring aporia IV: defining the regime of equality
Limit forms of democracy: the three families
III CRITIQUE
Introduction
1 The Issue of Referendums
The dissolution of the notion of responsibility
The difference between decision and will
Deliberation relegated to second place
A propensity for the irreversible
Silence about the normative impact of referendums
The paradoxical diminishment of democracy by referendums
Responding to the democratic expectations that underlie the idea of the referendum
2 Polarized Democracy vs. Pluralized Democracy
Democratic fiction and the horizon of unanimity
New paths for expressing the general will
The power of anyone
The power of no one
Of institutions that are democratic and not merely liberal
3 From an Imaginary People to a Constructable Democratic Society
From the imaginary society to the real society
The 1 percent
Populist peoples and democratic societies
4 The Horizon of Democratorship: The ISSUE of Irreversibility
The philosophy and politics of irreversibility
Polarization and politicization of institutions
Epistemology and morality of generalized politicization
Conclusion: The Spirit of an Alternative
Annex: History of the Word “Populism”
Russian populism
American populism in the 1890s
Populism in literature
Notes
Introduction
I Anatomy
1 A Conception of “The People”
2 A Theory of Democracy
3 A Mode of Representation
4 A Politics and a Philosophy of Economics
5 A Regime of Passions and Emotions
6 The Unity and Diversity of Populisms
II History
1 History of Populist Moments I
2 History of Populist Moments II
3 History of Populist Moments III
4 Conceptual History
III Critique
1 The Issue of Referendums
2 Polarized Democracy vs. Pluralized Democracy
3 From an Imaginary People to a Constructable Democratic Society
4 The Horizon of Democratorship
Conclusion
Annex
Works Cited
Index
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