POPULIZAM I OGOLJENI PRAGMATIZAM
POPULISM AND NAKED PRAGMATISM

Author(s): Čedomir Čupić, Milica S. Joković Pantelić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: populism; pragmatism; leader; promises; deceptions
Summary/Abstract: Populism and populist ideologies. Authoritarian populism – characteristics and consequences. The populist type of democracy. Populism and leaders. Use and abuse of populism in the process of democratic decisionmaking. Takeover of democratic intuitions by the unqualified and semiqualified as a consequence of populist politics. Populist leaders’ unrealistic and false promises and deceptions. Naked pragmatism in the service of populist deceivers. Pushing for success at any cost, regardless of abilities, knowledge and professionalism. Destruction of values and value system by populists and pragmatists. Populism as a cause of spreading anti-political principles in political life. Dominance of wicked feelings (jealousy, hate and malice) and wicked states (fear, angst, surreptitiousness and panic) as a consequence of the combination of populist rule and naked pragmatism.

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