Populism and Politics: Transgressing Norms and Taboos
Theories and Definitions: The Politics of Identity
Protecting Borders and the People: The Politics of Exclusion
Language and Identity: The Politics of Nationalism
Antisemitism: The Politics of Denial
Performance and the Media: The Politics of Charisma
Gender and the Body Politic: The Politics of Patriarchy
‘Illiberal Democracy’ and Neo-Authoritarianism: Shameless
Normalization of Far-right Populism
Mainstreaming Far-right Populism
Glossary of Far-right Populist Parties
References
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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.
She was awarded the Lebenswerk-Preis in 2018, which honors
outstanding life work of personalities who are promoting and
achieving gender equality.
She 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).
Ruth is co-editor of the SAGE journal Discourse &
Society, and of the journals Critical Discourse Studies and Journal
of Language and Politics. Recent book publications include: The
discourse of politics in action: ‘Politics as Usual’ (2011),
Critical Discourse Analysis (4 volumes, 2013), Migration, Identity
and Belonging (with G. Delanty and P. Jones, 2011), The
Discursive Construction of History: Remembering the German
Wehrmacht’s War of Annihilation (with H. Heer, W. Manoschek, and A.
Pollak, 2008), The Politics of Exclusion: Debating Migration in
Austria (with M. Krzyzanowski, 2009), The SAGE Handbook of
Sociolinguistics (with B. Johnstone and P. Kerswill, 2010),
Analyzing Fascist Discourse: Fascism in Talk and Text (with J. E.
Richardson, 2013), and Rightwing Populism in Europe: Politics and
Discourse (with M. KhosraviNik and B. Mral, 2013).
A masterwork. Ruth Wodak analyses and explains how far-right
populist parties use fear in their political discourses and
provides a template for future studies of far-right populism.
*Professor Cas Mudde*
Through sharp and lucid analysis based on a wealth of examples and
case studies, the second edition of Ruth Wodak’s masterly The
Politics of Fear provides readers from all backgrounds with the
essential tools to fully grasp the threat the far right poses and
the role the mainstream has played in its rise.
*Dr Aurelien Mondon*
The first edition of The Politics of Fear was an important book but
this revised edition is even more important. Ruth Wodak shows how
shamelessly successful right-wing populism has become, as it takes
ideas from the far right and makes them appear as the new normal.
Wodak analyses this dangerous, divisive politics with sustained
brilliance.
*Michael Billig*
Given international developments, the new edition of this classic
study of the discourses of the extreme right is more relevant even
than the first edition, in which Ruth Wodak continues a long and
eminent trajectory of research on racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia
and patriarchy. This specific book is especially timely because it
describes and explains in great detail the discursive and social
mechanisms of the growing influence of extremist right-wing
ideologies, policies and politics in Europe. This is Critical
Discourse Analysis at its best.
*Teun A. van Dijk*
The Politics of Fear is sadly more timely than ever. Ruth Wodak’s
critical analysis provides clear insights as to why and how in a
world that benefits from the free flow of goods, ideas and people,
exclusionary nationalism and populism are gaining ground.
*Professor Anna Triandafyllidou*
An ambitious and unflinching scholarly analysis of the discursive
world of right-wing populist movements in Europe. At a time when
such movements have rapidly and dramatically shifted from the
periphery to the parliament, Wodak’s clear-eyed analysis has never
been more urgent or important. Understanding the symbols, myths and
languages deployed by such movements is key to interpreting their
widespread popularity and their narrow, and often hostile, vision
of Europe’s future.
*Associate Professor Benjamin Isakhan*
In a masterful synthesis, Ruth Wodak combines argumentation theory,
rhetorical and discourse-historical analysis to
the resurgent discourses of right-wing
populism, racism, sexism and xenophobia in Europe and the
US. A highly topical insight into and inditement of the
politics of fear and exclusionism.
*Andreas Musolff*
One of the most respected and influential discourse analysts of our
time offers a thorough characterization of far-right populism and
its political strategies. Wodak explains the processes that have
led to the rise of what she calls "shameless normalization" with
examples from all over the world: from political speeches, to
tweets, to posters. An essential reading for all interested in the
intersections between discourse, politics and social life in our
post-digital societies.
*Anna De Fina*
A must read for those interested in intersectionality in far-right
populist discourse. It covers the politics of racialization,
gender, nationalism, populism and authoritarianism, unites their
intersections within the framework of a discursively constructed
far-right populist ideology, and traces how this ideology
challenges the traditional script of liberal democracy.
*Journal of Language and Politics*
Wodak’s rich and detailed descriptions of right-wing populist
rhetoric and identification of its key tropes, continuities,
frames, strategies, and topoi make this book indispensable for any
discourse-based approach to the topic. It is certainly possible to
theorise the current conjuncture differently, but the depth of her
engagement with far-right politicians and their utterances across
national contexts and time frames is profoundly valuable.
*Language in Society*
Wodak’s work focuses on the ‘micro-politics’ of the far-right and
‘how they actually produce and reproduce their ideologies and
exclusionary agenda in everyday politics, in the (social) media, in
campaigning, in posters, slogans and speeches’. Wodak convincingly
argues that all far-right parties construct scapegoats out of
racialized people which ‘manifests as a politics of fear’… This
approach integrates very well with the ideational approach to
populism and recognises the performative and ideational dimensions
of the populist far-right.
The second edition explains how these once fringe actors have
become mainstreamed and normalized in contemporary society… Highly
recommended for scholars and citizens looking to understand the
micro-politics of the contemporary far-right and the processes that
have brought them to the mainstream.
*Populism*
Wodak’s rich and detailed descriptions of right-wing populist
rhetoric and identification of its key tropes, continuities,
frames, strategies, and topoi make this book indispensable for any
discourse-based approach to the topic...the depth of her engagement
with far-right politicians and their utterances across national
contexts and time frames is profoundly valuable.
*Language in Society*
I cannot recall any other book from the field of discourse analysis
that appealed as much to me in its style.
*Milos Vec*
The second edition of Politics of Fear is highly recommended for
scholars and citizens looking to understand the micro-politics of
the contemporary far-right and the processes that have brought
them to the mainstream
*Kurt Sengul*
Wodak’s second edition of The Politics of Fear could not have come
at a better time.
*Linda Waugh and Theresa Catalano*
With the second edition of The Politics of Fear, Wodak compellingly
demonstrates the ideological foundations of far-right populism
rooted in anti-genderism, racism, antisemitism and (ethno)
nationalism.
*Özgür Özvatan*
Professor Wodak... uses her experience in both fields to
reflect on the normalization
of far-right discourses, drawing particular attention to the
threats posed by it to
liberal democracies. Although this type of discussion may naturally
draw the attention of political
scientists, the language found in the book is accessible to the
wider public, providing a
timely snapshot of contemporary far-right to both scholars and the
wider public.
*Beatriz Buarque*
All of her claims and theses are very clearly elaborated and then
backed with rich, recent empirical evidence, including not only
quotes from a vast variety of literary genres but also visual
sources like posters, photographs, media screenshots, and cartoons.
All this is supported by a typography and layout that make it
extremely easy to follow the line of argumentation and the use of
detailed examples. I cannot recall any other book from the
field of discourse analysis that appealed as much to me in
its style.
*Miloš Vec*
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