The Educational Implications of Populism, Emotions and Digital Hate Speech: A Dialogue with Scholars from Canada, Chile, Spain, the UK, and the US

Marta Estellés and Jordi Castellví
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Marta Estellés: Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cantabria, Avda. De los Castros, 39005 Santander, Spain
Jordi Castellví: Department of Language, Literature and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Plaça del Coneixement, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: The recent rise of authoritarian populism, fueled by the spread of digital hate speech and the preeminence of emotions in the political arena, has not aroused much interest among educational researchers. In response to this gap in the literature, the authors of the present article aim to provide an overview of the educational implications of the recent wave of authoritarian populism by interviewing a group of experts on democratic citizenship education from various countries and backgrounds. The dialogue resulting from their responses helps to move forward the educational debate on how schools can deal with the emotions and hate speech that motivate support for authoritarian populisms.

Keywords: populism; authoritarian populism; democratic citizenship education; emotions; digital hate speech (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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