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Democracy, Populism, and Truth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Democracy, Populism, and Truth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, 9
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This book tackles questions related to democracy, populism and
truth, with results that are sure to inform pressing academic and
popular debates. It is common to describe many of today's most
energizing politicians and political movements as populist. Some
are progressive advocates of greater economic democracy or
individual rights, while others are recognizably authoritarian and
anti-democratic, even while claiming to defend democracy. What all
populist leaders share in common is a rhetorical approach: their
ability to articulate, or at least profess to channel, the wishes
of 'the people', a group that populist leaders claim a unique
ability to understand and govern, especially with regard to their
dissatisfaction with ruling elites. They decry corruption (although
not necessarily with any sincerity), and they sometimes identify
more mainstream politicians and bureaucrats as 'enemies of the
people.' The rise of populist politics raises pressing questions
about the nature of populism, but also about relationships between
populism and democratic institutions. For example, is populism ever
a democratic tendency, or does its invocation of a monolithic demos
('the people') signify a fundamentally anti-democratic worldview?
Populist political rhetoric also raises concerns about the
relationship between truth, democracy, and journalistic integrity.
While the history of anti-democratic advocacy (famously illustrated
by Plato) has often highlighted the tendency of a democratic style
of politics to prioritize popularity over truth, the development of
social media-and evolving norms of journalistic communication and
public political discourse-raise these misgivings in new forms.
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