Folket eksisterer ikke – derfor har vi populisme. Om Laclaus populismeteori

Authors

  • Allan Dreyer Hansen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/politik.v20i4.101531

Abstract

The article discusses Ernesto Laclau’s theory of populism. In Laclau, populism is not understood as a demarcated empirical phenomenon pertaining to certain political actors. It is a set of logics which mainly involve the construction of ‘the people’ in an antagonistic relation vis-a-vis ‘the elite’. Laclau’s theory is used in interpreting the Danish Social Democracy’s famous 1934 political program, Denmark for The People, and contrasted with Jan-Werner Müller’s conception of populism. The article’s main conclusion is that there are no necessary relations between democracy and populism. In other words, populism can represent both a strengthening as well as a threat to democracy.

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Published

2017-12-04

How to Cite

Hansen, A. D. (2017). Folket eksisterer ikke – derfor har vi populisme. Om Laclaus populismeteori. Politik, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.7146/politik.v20i4.101531