From Democratic Simulacrum to the Fabulation of the People: Minority Populism

Beyond the populist nation: populism, nationalism, and the future of global governance

This Perspective argues that populism is best understood not primarily as a pathology of identity or anti-pluralism, but as a political response to social and economic institutions – most notably those associated with global capitalism – that generate inequality, insecurity, and democratic disempowerment. Against liber...

On Dissensus, Resistance and Minority Becomings

The contemporary crises of neoliberal economics have given rise to a series of popular uprisings around the world. These revolts have sparked a type of demand that points to an unusual kind of struggle. The so-called ‘struggles of desire’, often led by feminist, indigenous and ecological movements, call for a change in...

Echoes of the Tea Party Movement

This article examines the rise of right-wing populism in Latin America, challenging the common assumption that it is largely a regional variant of the European Populist Radical Right (PRR). Although figures like Jair Bolsonaro, José Antonio Kast, Javier Milei, and Nayib Bukele exhibit populist tendencies and culture-wa...

Constructing the Enemy: ‘Us-vs-Them’ discourse in Farage, Le Pen, and Abascal

This article investigates the discursive construction of ideological antagonism in the speeches of Nigel Farage (UK), Marine Le Pen (France), and Santiago Abascal (Spain), focusing on how each leader produces and legitimizes polarized “us-versus-them” frameworks. Drawing from Critical Discourse Analysis (van Dijk, 1998...

Bulgarian populisms: normalization via migration crisis narratives

This article argues that, since 2001, the normalization of populism in Bulgaria has turned populist ideas and practices into enduring features of the political system. Although the authors analyze this process from various angles in their broader research, this article focuses specifically on the construction and disse...

Understanding Salafism: Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors