“民粹”概念解读

“民粹”(或“民粹主义”)是与“精英主义”相对的概念。诸多领域都已出现了民粹思维和实践,但其概念较为模糊。美国的人民党运动和俄国民粹派实践是民粹话语的经典形象。评价视角上,民粹是以草根或平民价值为导向、是富含情绪化和批判性的思维和实践。思想内核上,民粹一是主张以“大众”为中心、奉行“人民至上”,二是以“精英”的视角构建的思想体系,三是一个矛盾体。

The Interpretation of the Concept of Populism

“Populism”is a relative concept with“elitism”.Many social fields have emerged populist thinking and practice, but its concept is fuzzy. The People’s Party movement in the United States and the Russian populists practice is the classic image of populist discourse. From the perspective of evaluation, populism is a thinking and practice which is grass-roots or populist civilian value oriented and is rich in emotional and critical. The core of populism as following: first, it advocates the “mass” as the center, and pursues the “people first”;second, its ideological system is constructed from the perspective of “elite”;third, it is a paradox.