The politics of fear : the shameless normalization of far-right discourse / Ruth Wodak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wodak, Ruth, 1950- author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear--Political aspects.

Fear.

Right-wing extremists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021.

Summary:

Winner of the Austrian Book Prize for the 2016 German translation, in the category of Humanities and Social Sciences. Populist right-wing politics is moving centre-stage, with some parties reaching the very top of the electoral ladder: but do we know why, and why now? In this book Ruth Wodak traces the trajectories of such parties from the margins of the political landscape to its centre, to understand and explain how they are transforming from fringe voices to persuasive political actors who set the agenda and frame media debates. Laying bare the normalisation of nationalistic, xenophobic, racist and antisemitic rhetoric, she builds a new framework for this 'politics of fear' that is entrenching new social divides of nation, gender and body. The result reveals the micro-politics of right-wing populism: how discourses, genres, images and texts are performed and manipulated in both formal and also everyday contexts with profound consequences. This book is a must-read for scholars and students of linguistics, media and politics wishing the understand these dynamics that are re-shaping our political space. New preface. New chapter on illiberal democracy. All chapters revised and updated. Updated glossary. Updated references and literature throughout. A key change of terminology from 'right-wing populism' to 'populist far-right' or 'far-right populism'. New/expanded exploration of the normalization of far-right discourse, and the changing boundaries of what's sayable. New/expanded discussion of the role of the conservative mainstream in facilitating the success of far-right parties.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781529739664 :

OCLC:

1353219326

Access Restriction:

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