From Leipzig University:
“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 her June 4 lecture, Prof. Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University/ Universität Wien) will address these questions and talk about her forthcoming monograph ‘The Politics of Fear. What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean.’ In this book she 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 normalization of nationalistic, xenophobic, racist and antisemitic rhetoric, she builds a new framework for this ‘politics of fear’ that is entrenching the social divides of nation, gender and body in Europe and beyond. 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.”
INFO
What: “The Politics of Fear: Right-Wing Populist Discourses in Europe and Beyond”
Who: Lecture by Prof. Ruth Wodak
When: Thursday, June 4, 6:30-8 p.m.
Where: Hörsaal 11, Hörsaalgebäude, University of Leipzig [MAP]
