This book focuses primarily on continuities and discontinuities of fascist politics as manifested in discourses of post-war European countries. Many traumatic pasts in Europe are linked to the experience of fascist and national-socialist regimes in the 20th century and to related colonial and imperialist expansionist politics. And yet we are again confronted with the emergence, rise and success of extreme right wing political movements, across Europe and beyond, which frequently draw on fascist and national-socialist ideologies, themes, idioms, arguments and lexical items. Post-war taboos have forced such parties, politicians and their electorate to frequently code their exclusionary fascist rhetoric.

This collection shows that an interdisciplinary critical approach to fascist text and talk-subsuming all instances of meaning-making (oral, visual, written, sounds, etc.) and genres such as policy documents, speeches, school books, media reporting, posters, songs, logos and other symbols-is necessary to deconstruct exclusionary meanings and to confront their inegalitarian political projects.

About the Author
Ruth Wodak is Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, UK. John E Richardson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.

Reviews

'This is an ultimately fascinating book, in terms of its levels of both scholarship and usability. Any reader interested in fascism, political discursive practices, modern European history and critical discourse analysis would benefit enormously from this volume.' - Isamar Carrillo Masso, Bangor University

Book Information
ISBN 9781138922792
Author Ruth Wodak
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 476g