Modern Intellectual History· 2026Q1
Towards an Intellectual History of Caesarism: Introduction
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Caesarism has emerged as the dominant keyword in US and global politics, increasingly replacing 'populism' to explain political-ideological dynamics.
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Key points
- Caesarism is now the primary term used to explain US and global political-ideological dynamics.
- The concept of Caesarism is increasingly replacing 'populism' in political discourse.
- The long-term relationship between Caesarism and populism is yet to be determined.
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Abstract
What could be timelier than a forum on Caesarism? 1 Had this collection of articles been published only a few years earlier, I would have introduced the topic quite differently. Recently, Caesarism has become the keyword of US (and therefore, to a certain extent, global) politics, being used to explain both internal and external political–ideological dynamics. 2 As such, Caesarism is increasingly replacing that much-used (and abused) concept of recent years: populism. Only time will tell whether it will be a permanent or temporary replacement, or whether another type of conceptual relationship (possibly a symbiotic one) will develop.
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Field: Political Science and International Relations
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