Why is Populism Persuasive? Populism as Expression of Religio-Cultural History with the U.S. and U.S. Evangelicals as a Case Study

Populism is often criticized as a dark political theology as inscrutable as a religion to which one doesn't belong - a messianic craze incompatible with rational government. This article suggests that populisms, left and right, draw from the very historico-cultural background that grounds the s...

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Главный автор: Pally, Marcia (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2020]
В: Political theology
Год: 2020, Том: 21, Выпуск: 5, Страницы: 393-414
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B USA / Популизм / Евангельское движение / История (мотив) 1870-2020
Индексация IxTheo:CG Христианство и политика
KAH Новое время
KAJ Новейшее время
KBQ Северная Америка
Другие ключевые слова:B Reformed political theology
B covenantal political theology
B Populism
B Evangelicals
B Althusius
B Localism
B Trump
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Итог:Populism is often criticized as a dark political theology as inscrutable as a religion to which one doesn't belong - a messianic craze incompatible with rational government. This article suggests that populisms, left and right, draw from the very historico-cultural background that grounds the societies in which they occur. They are not in revolt against this background but of it. Being grounded in this longstanding background and its cultural repetition, Judith Butler notes, gives populism appeal - what makes it “feel right” and sound true to its audience. In a case study of American populism, including the role of evangelicals, I make a three-part argument. Beginning with a rubric allowing us to identify a movement as populist, I look at (i) religion's contribution to America's historico-cultural background, (ii) how that background funds understandings of society and government, (iii) how these understandings play out in populisms on the left, right, and among evangelicals.
ISSN:1743-1719
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1740145