Anti-politics
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"Het gecombineerde succes van Vlaams Blok en ROSSEM op de Belgische federale verkiezingen 1991 ontlokt aan leiders van traditionelere partijen de commentaar, dat de antipolitiek hoogtij viert."--Sholem Stein |
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Anti-politics is a term used to describe opposition to, or distrust in, traditional politics. It is closely connected with anti-establishment sentiment and public disengagement from formal politics. In social science, anti-politics can indicate practices and actors that seek to remove political contestation from the public arena, leading to political apathy among citizens; when used this way the term is similar to depoliticisation. If politics is understood as encompassing all social institutions and power relations, anti-politics can mean political activity stemming from political alienation and a rejection of "politics as usual".
See also
- Political apathy – lack of interest in politics
- Political alienation – estrangement from the prevailing political system
- Depoliticisation – when issues are no longer the subject of political contestation
- Populism – political stances juxtaposing "the people" with "the elite"
- Apoliticism – philosophical rejection of political ideology or affiliations
