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- Title
Populismus als Untersuchungsfeld der Zeitgeschichte: Ein kritischer Forschungsbericht.
- Authors
Reitmayer, Morten
- Abstract
The article discusses various definitions of populism from recent international political science and social science literature. It argues for caution in the unquestioning adoption of political science definitions of populism, especially since there are currently conflicting definitions of the term: On the one hand, there is an influential current that sees populism as a weak, "thin" ideology. On the other hand, populism is understood as a strategy for gaining power and mobilising the masses. In addition, there is hardly any empirically confirmed knowledge about one of the central assumptions of almost all populism definitions, namely that it is anti-elitism at its core. Finally, the article formulates fields and guiding questions for contemporary historical research on populism based on these and other conceptual problems.
- Subjects
POPULISM; POLITICAL science; SOCIAL science literature; IDEOLOGY; HISTORICAL research
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2021, Vol 69, Issue 4, p573
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2021-0040