1st Edition
Populism, Demagoguery, and Tyranny Contemporary Challenges to Constitutional Democracy
Introduction. Part I: Unravelling Populism: Genealogy and Enduring Themes 1. Mapping European Populism: The Narodnichestvo and the Völkisch Movements in the Russian Empire and Germany 2. Contemporary Populism: Evolving Theories for a Shifting Landscape Part II: Foreseeing Tyranny: The Constitution of the Athenians and the Legacies of Republicanism 3. Lessons from Ancient Athens: The Demagogue and the Politeia 4. Two Legacies of Republicanism Part III: The Populist, the Demagogue, and the Constitution 5. Preventing Authoritarianism: Constitutional Provisions and Populist Rhetoric 6. The Ethos of Political Opportunism: Populist Rhetoric in Europe. Conclusions
Biography
Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt has a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Málaga (2024), within the Doctoral Program in Advanced Studies in the Humanities, with an emphasis on political philosophy. He was supported by an FPU scholarship contract (2020–2024) from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and defended his dissertation on December 18, 2024, earning the highest distinction (A or sobresaliente cum laude) and the International Doctorate mention. During this period, he taught courses on ethics, human rights, historiography, and argumentation at the University of Málaga.
He has been a member of the consolidated research group Moral and Political Philosophy (HUM 350) (Filosofía Moral y Política) of the Andalusian Research Plan since 2019 and was a member of the four-year research project Civic Constellation III: Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Anti-Liberalism, funded by the Spain’s Research, Development and Innovation Plan (PGC2018-093573-B-I00) from 2020 to 2022. He also participated in the COST Action 16211 Reappraising Intellectual Debates on Civic Rights and Democracy in Europe (RECAST), funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Program.
