The mechanism of the populist backlash according to Girard, Sandel and Haidt.

Michael Sandel and Jonathan Haidt have proposed complementary ways of understanding the mechanisms of the populist backlash phenomenon. This article will seek to briefly present these proposals and then link these with another proposal, that of Girard’s mimetic theory. The article aims to show how t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Andrew Cleary, James
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Repositorio:DDFV. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddfv.ufv.es:10641/5253
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10641/5253
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Meritocracia
Tribalismo
Teoría mimética
Chivo expiatorio
Meritocracy
René Girard
Mimetic theory
Scapegoat mechanism
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Sumario:Michael Sandel and Jonathan Haidt have proposed complementary ways of understanding the mechanisms of the populist backlash phenomenon. This article will seek to briefly present these proposals and then link these with another proposal, that of Girard’s mimetic theory. The article aims to show how the mimetic theory explains the scapegoat mechanism underlying the rejection of meritocracy as well as tribalism. This mechanism could be said to have generated the current situation in Western society.