Part 1 1. Populism versus hegemony Part 2 2. Is populism left-wing or right-wing? 3. What is the connection between populism and affect? 4. Is populism post-truth? 5. What makes a populist leader? 6. Is there a connection between populism and nationalism? 7. How should populists relate to political parties? 8. Conclusion: Future politics Appendices: A few short essays on political matters 9. What is the populism of singularities? 10. Was will das Volk? 11. Beyond the empty signifier: lalangue and Black Lives Matter 12. Brexit and the tautology of being
A Lacanian Conception of Populism takes issue with traditional theories of populism, which seek to equate populism with hegemony, arguing that these are not only different but even incompatible logics.
Appletons book is much more than just a psychoanalytic interpretation of populism it is a politically-engaged reading which intervenes in its subject and opens up new ways of emancipatory struggle. To paraphrase the best-known line of Marx: philosophers
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