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Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

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Populist Memory Discourses in Contemporary East Central and Southeastern Europe : Their Roots and Main Features

Author

  • Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

Summary, in English

The article discusses the nationalist right-wing memory discourses in contemporary East Central and Southeastern Europe. It points out their main features such as: nationalization, re-nationalization, securitization, victimization, and weaponization of the Communist and post-Communist past. The focus is to explain the historical and cultural roots of these memory discourses, which are of vital importance for understanding the rise of the right-wing populism in the region. Moreover, the article shows that the right-wing memory discourses include a number of elements that are typical for populism as political style, such as the appeal to “the people“ put against “the elite”, the Manichean vision of the world and strategic soliciting of emotions.

Department/s

  • European Studies
  • Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

53-64

Publication/Series

Südosteuropa Mitteilungen

Volume

61

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
  • History

Keywords

  • Populism
  • Eastern and Central Europe

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0340-174X