The Educational Implications of Populism, Emotions and Digital Hate Speech

What is it about?

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.

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Why is it important?

National populisms pose challenges to current democracies that are not exclusive nor primarily educational. This is not to say that they do not have clear educational implications. The steady, worldwide spread of authoritarian populism poses relevant questions for educational research that need to be further discussed and analyzed. The authors of this article aim to provide a general overview of the educational implications of the recent rise of authoritarian populism by interviewing a group of scholars, experts in democratic citizenship education, from differentcountries and backgrounds.