Part I. The denigration of the masses. Populism : ambiguities and paradoxes ; Le bon : suggestion and distorted representations ; Suggestion, imitation, identification
Part II. Constructing the "people." The "people" and the discursive production of emptiness ; Floating signifiers and social heterogeneity ; Populism, representation and democracy
Part III. Populist variations. The saga of populism ; Obstacles and limits to the construction of the "people."