Essays about: "Kristofer Lindh"

Found 2 essays containing the words Kristofer Lindh.

1. 1. Performance at the Edge of Apocalypse : An ethnographic study of collective identity construction in a neo-nationalist social movement in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Kristofer Lindh; [2017]
   Keywords : Populism; Performance; Neo-nationalism; Social movement; Identity; Democracy; Emotions;

   Abstract : In several countries of the Global North, right-wing parties are successfully mobilizing public support, influencing political debates and introducing arguments and rhetorics that draw on xenophobia, populism and ethnocentrism, ostensibly with a purpose to amplify the “national order of things” (Malkki 1992). This thesis addresses this development by providing an ethnography, based fieldwork, of the Swedish social movement Folkets Demonstration, which arranges anti-government manifestations on squares most usually in Stockholm. READ MORE

3. 2. ”Right Wing Aid” : A study of the rhetorical fusion between humanitarianism and neo-nationalism

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Kristofer Lindh; [2015]
   Keywords : Humanitarianism; Neo-nationalism; Eurocentrism; Depoliticization; Aid; Reception of refugees;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the dialectical relationship between humanitarianism and neo-nationalism, as it is reified through the rhetoric of the Swedish aid organization Right Hand Aid. It initiates an inquiry of the organization and provides a new example of how humanitarianism is used for legitimizing and depoliticizing purposes. READ MORE