@ARTICLE{Frieske_Kazimierz_W._In_2019, author={Frieske, Kazimierz W.}, number={No 4}, journal={Kultura i Społeczeństwo}, pages={103-123}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Komitet Socjologii PAN}, publisher={Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN}, abstract={The author supports the claim that attempts to formulate a universal definition of the term “populism” are not worthwhile, because the sense of the term is usually determined by a specific social context. Understanding the utopian nature of populism provides a better understanding of the utopian nature of democracy and allows for a humble departure from dreams of a perfect social order, because, as has been shown in numerous survey studies, the contemporary shift of social mood, attitudes, and opinions toward some version of populism is a relatively simple consequence of the deficiencies of democracy in its neoliberal version.}, type={Esej}, title={In praise of populism: a polemical essay}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/116334/PDF-MASTER/KiS.2019.63.4.6.pdf}, keywords={populism, liberal democracy, social utopia}, }