The open question of the three P’s: polarization, populism, and post-truth from an emotivist perspective
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2023.69.09Keywords:
polarization, populism, post-truth, emotivismAbstract
Polarization, populism, and post-truth form three fundamental socio-political phenomena to understand how politics is being oriented in demo liberal systems. Political polarization is usually understood as a dynamic process of activation of the divisions between two or more social groups during public debates that can end with a communicative rupture or failed communication. Although specialists do not agree when it comes to defining populism, they can be understood as a concrete way of building the people through a discourse that opposes the people to the anti-people. Post-truth would refer to an ongoing cultural trend where factual truths are diminished in favour of subjectively experienced truths. These phenomena tend to be perceived by a good part of society and the academic world as a serious threat to the pluralistic and reflexive foundations of democracy. However, this consideration is normatively decanted. This article tries to explore a different frame of reference, emotivism, and how, from this angle, the three key concepts make sense: polarization, populism, and post-truth.
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