The present article develops a theory of “nationalist populism” by examining the relationship between populism and the hegemonic configuration of nation-states. Following recent contributions by the “Essex School,” populism is understood as a process whereby diverse political demands and identities come to be aggregated via signifiers, typically that of “the people,” that incarnate an antagonistic populist body. I argue that the rhetorical construction of “the people,” to the extent that it is executed in the context of national hegemonic blocs, will often (inadvertently) come to be overdetermined by uncontested nationalist narratives and life modalities that are symbolically associated with the hegemonic signifier “the nation.” Nationalist populism can therefore best be understood as a chimeric political logic, whereby a populist totality is parasitically signified vis-à-vis the hegemonic signifier “the nation” and its associated family resemblances. This logic can assume a variety of forms, its content being dependent upon contextual political and ideological considerations.

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民族与人民：民族主义民粹主义的话语逻辑

本文通过研究民粹主义与民族国家的霸权结构之间的关系，发展出一种“民族主义民粹主义”理论。继“艾塞克斯学派”最近做出的贡献之后，民粹主义被理解为一个过程，通过多样化的政治要求和身份，通过象征物（通常是“人民”的象征物）得以融合，体现了对立的民粹主义机构。我认为，“人民”的修辞结构，如果是在国家霸权集团的背景下执行的，往往会（无意间）被毫无争议的民族主义叙事和与霸权象征性地联系在一起的生活方式所过分确定。表示“国家”。因此，民族主义民粹主义可以最好地理解为一种嵌合的政治逻辑，因此，相对于霸权主义的象征“国家”及其相关的家庭相似，平民主义的整体被寄生地象征了。这种逻辑可以采取多种形式，其内容取决于上下文的政治和意识形态考虑。