Multitudes 2011/2 No 45
Journal article

Populism as a Modulation of the Common

Pages 170 to 173

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  • OUDENAMPSEN, Merijn,
2011. Populism as a Modulation of the Common. Multitudes, 2011/2 No 45, p.170-173. DOI : 10.3917/mult.045.0170. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2011-2-page-170?lang=en.
  • Oudenampsen, Merijn.
« Populism as a Modulation of the Common ». Multitudes, 2011/2 No 45, 2011. p.170-173. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2011-2-page-170?lang=en.
  • Oudenampsen, M.
(2011). Populism as a Modulation of the Common. Multitudes, No 45(2), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.045.0170.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.045.0170

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Cite this article

  • Oudenampsen, M.
(2011). Populism as a Modulation of the Common. Multitudes, No 45(2), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.045.0170.
  • Oudenampsen, Merijn.
« Populism as a Modulation of the Common ». Multitudes, 2011/2 No 45, 2011. p.170-173. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2011-2-page-170?lang=en.
  • OUDENAMPSEN, Merijn,
2011. Populism as a Modulation of the Common. Multitudes, 2011/2 No 45, p.170-173. DOI : 10.3917/mult.045.0170. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2011-2-page-170?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.045.0170

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English

The word “populist” is generally used as a simple insult, which sooner shows a lack of intelligence of those who use it than of those who are accused of it. In reality, it plays a central role in the dynamics of democracy. Populism is about giving form to “the people” and the will of the people. As Ernesto Laclau suggests, populism revolves around the transformation of singular democratic gaps into one collective gap, a crystallization point of political dissatisfaction. Thus populism appears as an operator of modulation of the common.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.045.0170

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