Feminism and Populism with no guarantee

BARROS, MERCEDES MARÍA,; NATALIA MARTINEZ PRADO

ETHICS & POLITICS

EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste

Año: 2021

From different latitudes across the globe, the study of the link between feminism andpopulism has been entangled in approaches that not only mistrust the possibility ofthe relationship itself, but also constantly reveal incompatibilities in their findings thatshadow the reflection on their productive coexistence. Against this background,Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia´s book, Seven essays on populism, represents abreath of fresh air. The joint work of these Latin American political theorists opens upa line of research which proposes a new form of theorizing populism alongsidefeminism. In the following sections we focus on this dismantling process thatunderpins Biglieri and Cadahia´s effort to open up and imagine a possible articulationbetween these phenomena, but alongside this analysis, we will also polemicize withtheir ideas, by bringing out the temptation of closure that eventually lurks in theiranalytical endeavours.