ABSTRACT This paper is an expanded version of a paper presented at the 22nd meeting of the International Association for Critical Realism at Southampton, England. The paper presents a critical realist take on the right-wing populism that has surfaced in a number of our countries. That means in the first place employing what has been called SAC, which is an acronym for structure, agency, and culture. Reference to all three are necessary to account for current populism. The paper will argue further that critical realism helps us in still another way. The right-wing populism we see is bound up with a crisis of truth that raises fundamental questions about our moral responsibilities as democratic citizens. This paper will address these responsibilities as well, which relate to the agentic element of SAC. In that connection, this paper will comment on how critical realism uniquely helps us with truth.

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民粹主义，公民身份和后真理政治

摘要本文是在英国南安普敦举行的国际批评现实主义协会第二十二次会议上发表的论文的扩展版本。本文提出了对右翼民粹主义的批判现实主义观点，该观点已在我们许多国家中浮出水面。这意味着首先要使用所谓的SAC，它是结构，代理机构和文化的首字母缩写。要说明当前的民粹主义，必须同时提及这三个方面。该论文将进一步论证批判现实主义在另一种方面可以帮助我们。我们看到的右翼民粹主义与真相危机捆绑在一起，这引发了关于我们作为民主公民的道德责任的基本问题。本文还将处理这些与SAC的代理要素有关的责任。就此而言，