{"product_id":"the-politics-of-fear-the-shameless-normalization-of-far-right-discourse-9781526499202","title":"The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse","description":"Far-right populist politics have arrived in the mainstream. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e We are now witnessing the shameless normalization of a political discourse built around nationalism, xenophobia, racism, sexism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. But what does this change mean? What caused it? And how does far-right populist discourse work? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Politics of Fear\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the trajectory of far-right politics from the margins of the political landscape to its very centre. It explores the social and historical mechanisms at play, and expertly ties these to the \"micro-politics\" of far-right language and discourse. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From speeches to cartoons to social media posts, Ruth Wodak systematically analyzes the texts and images used by these groups, laying bare the strategies, rhetoric and half-truths the far-right employ. The revised second edition of this best-selling book includes: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA range of vignettes analyzing specific instances of far-right discourse in detail.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpanded discussion of the \"normalization\" of far-right discourse.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new chapter exploring the challenges to liberal democracy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn updated glossary of far-right parties and movements.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMore discussion of the impact of social media on the rise of the far-right.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical, analytical and impassioned, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Politics of Fear\u003c\/strong\u003e is essential reading for anyone looking to understand how far-right and populist politics have moved into the mainstream, and what we can do about it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWodak, Ruth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ruth Wodak is Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University. Her research interests focus on discourse studies; identity politics; racism, antisemitism and other forms of discrimination; and on ethnographic methods of linguistic field work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was awarded the \u003cem\u003eLebenswerk-Preis \u003c\/em\u003ein 2018, which honors outstanding life work of personalities who are promoting and achieving gender equality.\u003cbr\u003eShe was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize for Elite Researchers in 1996 and an Honorary Doctorate from University of Örebro in Sweden in 2010. She has held visiting professorships in University of Uppsala, Stanford University, University Minnesota, University of East Anglia, and Georgetown University (Washington, DC). She is a member of the British Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the Academia Europaea. In 2008, she was awarded the Kerstin Hesselgren Chair of the Swedish Parliament (at University Örebrö).\u003cbr\u003eRuth is co-editor of the SAGE journal \u003ci\u003eDiscourse \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the journals \u003ci\u003eCritical Discourse Studies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJournal of Language and Politics. \u003c\/i\u003eRecent book publications include: \u003ci\u003eThe discourse of politics in action: \u003c\/i\u003e '\u003ci\u003ePolitics as Usual' \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), \u003ci\u003eCritical Discourse Analysis \u003c\/i\u003e(4 volumes, 2013), \u003ci\u003eMigration, Identity and Belonging \u003c\/i\u003e(with G. Delanty and P. Jones, 2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Discursive Construction of History: Remembering the German Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation\u003c\/i\u003e (with H. Heer, W. Manoschek, and A. Pollak, 2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Exclusion: Debating Migration in Austria\u003c\/i\u003e (with M. Krzyzanowski, 2009), \u003ci\u003eThe SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics \u003c\/i\u003e(with B. Johnstone and P. Kerswill, 2010), \u003ci\u003eAnalyzing Fascist Discourse: Fascism in Talk and Text\u003c\/i\u003e (with J. E. Richardson, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eRightwing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse \u003c\/i\u003e(with M. KhosraviNik and B. Mral, 2013). ","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376766456082,"sku":"9781526499202","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ac0a6bd-8d2f-4f0c-a102-f912184eb9a8.jpg?v=1728607004","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-politics-of-fear-the-shameless-normalization-of-far-right-discourse-9781526499202","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}