This introduction offers an overview of the concept of populism, the debates around its definitions and its relationship with democracy and the significance of attending to populist politics in the context of education. It also lays out the political contexts in which authors have engaged with education and populist politics in the UK, Brazil and Israel, and the ways in which they understand populist shifts in education. Detailing the two main conceptions of populism used by authors in the special section, namely, populism as ideology and populism as political logic, we discuss how authors understand the construction of ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’, and the implications of the ‘antagonism’ between them in each case. Dividing the nine articles in the special section into three groups, we look at the ways in which right‐wing populism has sought to (re)shape divisions based on race, religion and nationalities, among other things; how political and pedagogic practices are being (re)imagined to counter these divisions and populist moves; and the stakes of bringing the question of populism into education. We show how this special section has brought together different conversations and disciplinary perspectives on right‐wing shifts in education, challenges to these and a potential way forward. Most importantly, we invite readers to think through the shifting role of education in democracy, as well as the divisions and hierarchies that are entailed in institutionalised education.

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右翼民粹主义和教育：本节简介

引言概述了民粹主义的概念，围绕其定义及其与民主的关系的辩论以及在教育背景下参加民粹主义政治的重要性。它还列出了作者在英国，巴西和以色列从事教育和民粹主义政治的政治背景，以及他们理解教育的民粹主义转变的方式。在本节中，作者详细介绍了民粹主义的两个主要概念，即民粹主义作为意识形态和民粹主义作为政治逻辑，我们讨论了作者如何理解“人民”和“精英”的建构，以及“人民”和“精英”的含义。他们之间的对抗”。将特别部分中的九篇文章分为三组，我们着眼于右翼民粹主义试图（重塑）基于种族，宗教和国籍的分裂的方式；如何（重新）构想政治和教学方法来对抗这些分歧和民粹主义运动；以及将民粹主义问题带入教育的利益。我们将展示这一特殊部分如何将有关教育右翼转变，挑战的挑战和可能的前进道路汇集在一起​​的各种对话和学科观点。最重要的是，我们邀请读者思考教育在民主中的角色转变，以及制度化教育中所包含的分歧和等级制度。如何（重新）构想政治和教学方法来对抗这些分歧和民粹主义运动；以及将民粹主义问题带入教育的利益。我们将展示这一特别部分如何将有关教育右翼转变，挑战的挑战和可能的前进之路的不同对话和学科观点汇集在一起​​。最重要的是，我们邀请读者思考教育在民主中的角色转变，以及制度化教育中所包含的分歧和等级制度。如何（重新）构想政治和教学方法来对抗这些分歧和民粹主义运动；以及将民粹主义问题带入教育的利益。我们将展示这一特殊部分如何将有关教育右翼转变，挑战的挑战和可能的前进道路汇集在一起​​的各种对话和学科观点。最重要的是，我们邀请读者思考教育在民主中的角色转变，以及制度化教育中所包含的分歧和等级制度。