The populist turn has produced contrasting conceptions of education. Research has suggested that individuals educated to university level are unlikely to support populist discourses. Meanwhile, populism is often understood as a social illness or disease that needs to be cured through education. This article argues that both populist and anti‐populist discourses are fantasies in which education comprises an ideological grip. In the populist fantasy, education is perceived as being ideologically controlled by the elite. In the anti‐populist fantasy, education is seen as being inherently emancipatory, liberating us from irrationalism and economic inequality. The article concludes not by showing how these ideological alternatives might be reconciled, but by suggesting that we can only proceed by creating new discursive landscapes where emancipatory education can be understood differently.

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民粹病的幻想与教育治愈

民粹主义转向产生了截然相反的教育观念。研究表明，受过大学教育的个人不太可能支持民粹主义话语。同时，民粹主义通常被理解为一种社会疾病或需要通过教育治愈的疾病。本文认为，民粹主义和反民粹主义话语都是幻想，其中教育包含意识形态的控制。在民粹主义的幻想中，人们认为教育是由意识形态控制的。在反民粹主义的幻想中，教育被视为本质上是解放的，使我们摆脱了非理性主义和经济不平等。本文的结论不是通过说明这些意识形态替代方案可以如何调和来得出结论，