London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.
Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1353 København K, Denmark.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2020 Oct;35:125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.06.009. Epub 2020 Jun 21.
Psychology can play an important role in expanding our understanding of the demand-side of populism by revealing its underlying relational logic. Social psychological perspectives on populism are beginning to show how: 1) the division between us ('the good people') and them ('the corrupt elites'/'foreign others') taps into core intergroup dynamics, 2) economic and cultural processes are construed in terms of basic status concerns, and 3) collective emotions become mobilised through political communication. Taking these insights into consideration, we reflect on psychology's contribution to the study of populism thus far, and chart out an ambitious role for it at the heart of this interdisciplinary field.
心理学可以通过揭示其潜在的关系逻辑，在拓展我们对民粹主义需求方的理解方面发挥重要作用。社会心理学对民粹主义的看法开始表明：1）我们（“好人”）与他们（“腐败的精英”/“外国的其他人”）之间的分裂如何触及核心的群体动态，2）经济和文化进程如何根据基本的地位关切来构建，以及 3）集体情感如何通过政治传播而被调动起来。考虑到这些观点，我们反思了心理学迄今为止对民粹主义研究的贡献，并为它在这个跨学科领域的核心位置描绘了一个雄心勃勃的角色。
