href="#u85455ec1-4221-56e3-9aa9-77acaaea71c2">Introduction
19 1 The Issue of Referendums The dissolution of the notion of responsibility The difference between decision and will Deliberation relegated to second place A propensity for the irreversible Silence about the normative impact of referendums The paradoxical diminishment of democracy by referendums Responding to the democratic expectations that underlie the idea of the referendum Notes
20 2 Polarized Democracy vs. Pluralized Democracy Democratic fiction and the horizon of unanimity New paths for expressing the general will The power of anyone The power of no one Of institutions that are democratic and not merely liberal Notes
21 3 From an Imaginary People to a Constructable Democratic Society From the imaginary society to the real society The 1 percent Populist peoples and democratic societies Notes
22 4 The Horizon of Democratorship: The Issue of Irreversibility The philosophy and politics of irreversibility Polarization and politicization of institutions Epistemology and morality of generalized politicization Notes
23 Conclusion: The Spirit of an Alternative Notes
24 Annex: History of the Word “Populism” Russian populism American populism in the 1890s Populism in literature Notes
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