Essays about: "Laclau and Mouffe"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 87 essays containing the words Laclau and Mouffe.

1. 6. No longer red, but a rainbow-coloured plague: the influence of ontological insecurities on the anti-gender discourse in Poland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Kinga Baranowska; [2022]
   Keywords : anti-genderism chosen trauma discourse gender ideology gendered nationalism ontological security; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years anti-genderism has increased in popularity, as the populist parties, illiberal governments and conservative groups have begun to implement the discourse into their politics. The discourse can function as a symbolic glue, political tool as well as part of the religious narrative. READ MORE

3. 7. "Literally giving the main character vibes" – Examining Emotional Capital and Parasocial Relationships on YouTube

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Marta Kruhlinskaya; [2022]
   Keywords : emotional capital; parasocial relationships; mediated relationships; social media; YouTube; discourse theory; DTA; digital media; online communication; virtual sociality; emotionality;

   Abstract : In an ever-evolving social media landscape, online communication has become more prone to the revelation of our affective states. In this study, I investigate how iterations of emotional capital, an extension of Pierre Bourdieu’s four forms of capital, shape social interaction in mediated relationships on YouTube, a platform that fosters a participatory culture. READ MORE

4. 8. Myth and Othering in EU Enlargement Discourse : The Case of Kosovo’s European Integration

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Ejner Pedersen Trenter; [2022]
   Keywords : Political myth; liminality; discourse analysis; Kosovo; EU enlargement; Europeanness;

   Abstract : This paper argues that the EU’s enlargement discourse can be understood as a form of political myth wherein a subject must align itself with an fantasmatic ideal type ofEuropean state. It works through positing a past from which the subject must advance, and a mythical horizon towards which the subject strives. READ MORE

5. 9. A "giant furrow" or a "way to economic prosperity"? A conflict in the meaning of environmental sustainability - the case of Rail Baltica mega-project

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Maiken Ristmae; [2022]
   Keywords : environmental sustainability; scale; politics of scale; discourse; mega-project; planning process; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the conflict situation that has emerged around the environmental discourse in the planning process of a railway mega-project in Estonia. A discourse analysis is carried out on policy documents, publications, and interviews following Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory and methodological guidelines, to examine the ways that the concept of sustainability conflicts between stakeholders. READ MORE

6. 10. Antisemitism as a political weapon : A discourse analysis of claims of antisemitism in relation to Palestine/Israel

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : David Dahlström; [2022]
   Keywords : Antisemitism – Anti-Zionism – Palestine – Israel – Palestine Israel – Sweden – Malmö – Discourse – Laclau Mouffe – Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This study was conducted in order to interpret claims of antisemitism in Malmö, Sweden, depicted as an effect of political events in Palestine/Israel. It is argued that contemporary antisemitism is a new phenomenon, where hostility towards Jewish people is argued to be motivated by hostility towards Israel by perpetrators identified as ”Muslims” and/or people with roots in the Middle East and North Africa. READ MORE