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Populist in a Democratic Society: Populism in Politics
We recently read two really fascinating articles. The first is titled "Women's Naked Body Protest
and the Performance of Resistance: Femen and Meira Paibi Protest against Rape" and the second
is titled "Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope: Penal Populism and Dutertes Rise to Power." One
piece, "Women's Naked Body" focuses on the social movement through body interpretation, and
the other, is all about populism.
The first article challenges the representations by investigating the rationales that support
Duterte's widespread popular support. We contend that a portion of Duterte's appeal rests on
"penal populism," which is based on two interlocking political logics: the politics of fear and the
politics of hope. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in regions that had recently experienced
disasters and where Duterte had resounding victories, the article investigates how these logics
were articulated by Duterte's followers. A worldwide movement known as populism has a
colloquial connotation of precariousness. Because its language and content are saturated with the
political culture of the society in which it originates, it resists generalizations and compels
political researchers to study politics comparativistically (Urbinati 2009).
Furthermore, Modern Neopopulism or Contemporary Neopopulism frequently exhibits
regressive, defensive, and racial animosity tendencies. The founding myths of the country are
seen as a magnificent past that has been tainted by ruling elites and should be restored at all
costs, even if that necessitates great disruption. (Finchelstein 2017). According to Mudde (2017)
populist movements pose a growing threat to democratic politics and populism is ultimately a
part of democracy. This compelling book analyzes political trends in various nations and debates
the potential long-term effects of this challenge while shining a light on the perplexing impact of
populism on contemporary political and social life. Joe Biden, the current president, is a prime
example of a neopopulist. The paradox is that while the current president previously served in
Barack Obama's administration, the "Biden doctrine" really has more in common with Trump's
ideas than with those of Obama's. Biden is now fully embracing the neo-populist ideology that
first surfaced under Trump, indicating a stark departure from the neoliberal ideology upheld by
every president from Bill Clinton to Obama. He is currently serving as the 46th president of the
United States is American politician Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. He was a Democrat and the 47th
vice president under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. He also served as the senator
from Delaware in the US Senate from 1973 to 2009 and is a former Vice President.
According to Hay, epistemology is defined as "what can we hope to know about [what is
known]," and ontology is defined as "what there is to know." Methodology is defined as "How
can we go about getting that knowledge? The idea is that methodology is a question of (social)
scientific philosophy.' (Hay, 2002: 63). The three main techniques are used in this article: the
first is an ideational (Mudde 2017), the second is a political-strategic approach (Weyland 2017) ,
and the third is a socio-cultural approach (Ostiguy 2017). We felt relieved when we read the
Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope: Penal and Duterte's Rise to Power by Nicole Curato, we
was able to ascertain the author's ontological viewpoint.
