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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809107003321

Titolo

Doublespeak : the rhetoric of the far right since 1945 / / Matthew Feldman, Paul Jackson (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2019

ISBN

3-8382-6554-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Explorations of the far right ; ; 3

Disciplina

320.53014

Soggetti

Right-wing extremists - Language

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 - MANIPULATIONS OF THE MESSAGE; 'LINGUA QUARTI IMPERII': THE EUPHEMISTIC TRADITION OF THE EXTREME RIGHT; TOXIC RHETORIC: THE LANGUAGE OF THE TURNER DIARIES: A NOVEL; 2083 - A EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A LICENSE TO KILL; THE STRATEGY OF DISCURSIVE PROVOCATION: A DISCOURSE-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FPÖ's DISCRIMINATORY RHETORIC; PART 2 - WESTERN EUROPE AND THE USA; 'TEACHING THE TRUTH TO THE HARDCORE': THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRESENTATION OF BNP IDEOLOGY; WAVERING BETWEEN RADICAL AND MODERATE: THE DISCOURSE OF THE VLAAMS BELANG IN FLANDERS (BELGIUM)

DEFENDING DUTCH FREEDOM: THE FAR RIGHT IN THE NETHERLANDS, 1932 - 2012FAR RIGHT RHETORIC IN THE UNITED STATES: A CARNIVAL OF BUNCOMBE; PART 3 - CENTRAL, SOUTHERN and EASTERN EUROPE; A CASE STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE LANGUAGE AND POLITICS OF THE CONTEMPORARY FAR RIGHT IN GERMANY; 'FACISM FOR THE THIRD MILLENIUM': AN OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY IN ITALY'S CASAPOUND MOVEMENT; ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE CURRICULUM: MAUP - THE INTERREGIONAL ACADEMY FOR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; LANGUAGE OF AUTHORITIES AND RADICAL NATIONALISTS; PART 4 - AFTERWORD

HEROES KNOW WHICH VILLAINS TO KILL: HOW CODED RHETORIC INCITES SCRIPTED VIOLENCEINDEX



Sommario/riassunto

This timely intervention exposes the euphemized language of the extreme right as a deceptive attempt to secure greater influence over public policy. Since the end of World War II, the extreme right has made strategic use of ?doublespeak," which apes the language of liberal democracy. Attentive observation and accurate recognition of these tactics means taking the extreme right's deliberately crafted slogans, symbols, and themes seriously. These essays investigate the extreme right's attempts at ?repackaging" contemporary ultranationalism to make it more palatable to mainstream European an