'Polarisation' is everywhere in today’s political commentary, but rarely do we ask what causes it. Alberto Ruiz-Méndez argues that the real culprit lies in political discourses that force societies into binary moral camps, eroding democracy from within
Senior Research Professor, Universidad Anáhuac México
Alberto holds a PhD in Philosophy from UNAM in Mexico.
He has worked at various universities in Mexico teaching political philosophy, democratic theory, ethics, and communication research methodologies.
He currently coordinates the research project Democratic Narratives from Latin America.
Alberto's research focuses on philosophy of democracy, populism, polarisation, post-truth and liberalism / illiberalism.
'Who is the People’s Enemy? Performative Construction and Visual Representation Through AI of the Otherness: The Political Communication of Presidential Discourse in Mexico' in The Palgrave Handbook on Right-Wing Populism and Otherness in Global Perspective
Edited by Rui Alexandre Novais and Rogério Christofoletti
Palgrave Macmillan 2025
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