Several explanations of the current syndrome affecting advanced democracies make reference to a process of cultural change that has been triggered by the complex and interrelated phenomena known as globalization. The rise of populist‐authoritarian parties, the advent of post‐truth politics and the increasing dissatisfaction with democracy are seen by many political scientists as rather direct consequences of social and economic transformations which had changed the context in which the democratic process takes place. The main limitation of this literature is that it treats culture as a black box receiving inputs from the social context and translate them into political consequences. By doing so it cannot explain why the same conditions produce different consequences in different contexts and it is silent on the criteria to develop anti‐crisis policies. This article argues that some of the insights offered by the Semiotic Cultural Psychology Theory, most notably the idea that cultural evolution is moved by the need to find affect‐laden, simplified interpretations of the reality to restore the capacity of making sense on an uncertain socio‐political context, can enhance the ability of political scientists to understand the current political phenomena and to develop methodological criteria to counteract the current scenario of democratic crisis.

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从文化的表现到潜在的感官过程。符号文化心理学理论对社会政治情景解释的贡献

对影响高级民主国家的当前综合症的几种解释都提到了文化变化的过程，这一过程是由被称为全球化的复杂而相互关联的现象触发的。许多政治学家认为，民权专制政党的崛起，后真理政治的来临以及对民主的日益不满，是社会和经济变革的直接结果，这些变革改变了民主进程的发生背景。该文献的主要局限性在于，它把文化视为从社会环境中接收输入信息并将其转化为政治后果的黑盒子。这样做不能解释为什么相同的条件在不同的情况下会产生不同的后果，并且对制定反危机政策的标准保持沉默。本文认为，符号学文化心理学理论提供了一些见解，最显着的观点是，文化进化是由于需要找到对现实充满情感，简化的解释，以恢复在不确定的社会中具有意义的能力而产生的。政治背景可以增强政治科学家了解当前政治现象并制定方法标准以应对当前民主危机的能力。