Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Populism and the question of sovereignty in democracy with special reference to India Subject The topic of the resource Democratic sovereignty; Intentionalism; Populist voices; Sovereign violence Description An account of the resource The sovereign manner of decision-making in a democracy is reckoned extremely crucial to stable governance. It is unfortunate, therefore, if the question of sovereignty acquires public attention predominantly in the wake of totalitarianist tendencies. It is the case now that with the emergence of several populist voices and nationalist sentiments, contemporary democracies actively debate the question of democratic sovereignty. This article is a critique of the complacency arising out of what is often wrongly perceived as the reassurances of the letter, or for that matter the spirit, of the constitutions of liberal democracies. Regardless of whether populism is traced within the electoral context or outside of it, the question of sovereignty offers a vantage point for understanding it from a theoretical perspective. In this regard, the article utilises the insightful yet contrasting notions of democratic sovereignty put forward by the philosophers Giorgio Agamben and Jacques Derrida. They approach the question of sovereignty from historical and/or linguistic points of view, illuminating the notions of sharing, sovereign violence and its overarching theological underpinnings. The articles findings, purposes and effects are meant to be educational and cultural in the first place. It employs, for the purpose of exemplification, a commentary on the Indian democratic scene. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vadackel J.; Chennattuserry J.C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SN Social Sciences, Vol-4, No. 11 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Nature Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00989-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00989-4</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85211121892&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs43545-024-00989-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=32d35237d6267bf7c75fd934d6ba7076" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85211121892&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs43545-024-00989-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=32d35237d6267bf7c75fd934d6ba7076</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 26629283 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Vadackel J., St Berchmans College, Kerala, Changanassery, India, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Chennattuserry J.C., Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India