Subversive Semantics in Political and Cultural Discourse : The Production of Popular Knowledge.

The large-scale use of semantic transfer and inversion as rhetorical tactics is particularly prevalent in right-wing discourses and populist »alternative knowledge« production. The contributors to this volume analyze processes of re-semanticizing received meanings, effectually re-coding those meanin...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Mackenthun, Gesa, 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Transcript Verlag 2023.
Subjects:	Conspiracy theories. Right-wing extremists. Théories du complot. Extrémistes de droite. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism. Conspiracy theories Right-wing extremists Hermeneutic Power. Identity Politics. Language. New Right. Political Emotions. Political Ideologies. Political Science. Political Sociology. Political Theory. Politics. Populism. Right-wing Extremism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Conspiracy Theories as Populist Counter-Narratives
Populism, Populist Democracy, and the Shifting of Meanings
Legitimizing Colonial Rule in the Twenty-First Century
The Origins of Replacement Narratives and the Resemanticization of Feminism in Two Novels of the Far Right
Indignants of the World, Unite?
Right-Wing Extremism and Ecology
Planters of Doom and Playful Gardeners
Contested Nationhood in the United States of America
Contributors