Open AccessGaitanismo y populismo. Algunos antecedentes historiográficos y posibles contribuciones desde la teoría de la hegemonía
Author(s) -
Cristian Acosta Olaya
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
colombia internacional
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1900-6004
pISSN - 0121-5612
DOI - 10.7440/colombiaint82.2014.06
Subject(s) - populism , historiography , hegemony , relevance (law) , democracy , politics , phenomenon , political science , reading (process) , humanities , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , law
This paper proposes establishing a critical dialogue between the most recent theoretical developments on populism and some of the most notable historiographical studies on the political process of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in the mid-20th-century. The study is based on a conceptual framework of populism, which is understood as a process involving the creation of identities and political solidarities. The current paper looks to investigate the relevance of a complementary reading of the gaitanist process. It is within the dialogue between historiography and political theory that this paper suggests rethinking the relationship between the populist phenomenon, democracy, and violence in Colombia