The emergence of a nation: writers and fighters as agents

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 619-626
Author(s):  
Muhamet Hamiti ◽  
Vjosa Hamiti
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
National Literature ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Politics ◽  
The World ◽  
New Nation ◽  
Literature Culture ◽  
Independent Country

Kosovo declared its independence nine years ago, and, with more than 100 UN countries recognizing the new country already, it has emerged as a new nation on the political map of the world. The article discusses Kosovo’s emergence as a nation and state and its ramifications for political discourse and indeed national or pan-national politics in Kosovo and Albania in the first place. How did writers and fighters – representatives of cultural enlightenment and militant struggle – create an autonomous Kosovar polity initially, before it became an independent country in its own right at the turn of the century and millennium? Will there soon be separate histories of Albanian and Kosovar national literature, culture, art, etc., against this backdrop? These and a range of other issues will be explored.

Political Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Chris G. Pope ◽  
Meng Ji ◽  
Xuemei Bai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

The chapter argues that whether or not the world is successful in attaining sustainability, political systems are in a process of epoch-defining change as a result of the unsustainable demands of our social systems. This chapter theorizes a framework for analyzing the political “translation” of sustainability norms within national polities. Translation, in this sense, denotes the political reinterpretation of sustainable development as well as the national capacities and contexts which impact how sustainability agendas can be instrumentalized. This requires an examination into the political architecture of a national polity, the norms that inform a political process, socioecological contexts, the main communicative channels involved in the dissemination of political discourse and other key structures and agencies, and the kinds of approaches toward sustainability that inform the political process. This framework aims to draw attention to the ways in which global economic, political, and social systems are adapting and transforming as a result of unsustainability and to further understanding of the effectiveness of globally diffused sustainability norms in directing that change.

The Socialist Press in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina

1980 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Richard J. Walter
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Free Enterprise ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Juan Peron ◽  
Political Realm

Socialism, as expressed by political parties professing that ideology, has had only minimal impact on Argentina's twentieth-century political history. On the other hand socialist ideas, broadly defined, have had considerable influence, although often in an indirect manner. In the political realm, for example, popular presidents Hipólito Yrigoyen (1916-1922; 1928-1930) and Juan Perón (1946-1955; 1973-1974) sought to pre-empt and co-opt socialism's appeal to the working class by proposing and implementing socialist-inspired reforms wrapped in nationalist rhetoric. Conversely, after the fall of Perón in 1955 various military governments have based their intervention into national politics largely on the need to stem the flow of Marxist ideas, to prevent the growth of socialist organizations—especially those which would repeat the Cuban revolutionary experience on Argentine soil—and to protect the principles of free enterprise capitalism.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE MEANS OF EXPRESSION OF FICTION ELEMENTS IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-263
Author(s):  
I.A. Sinitsyna ◽  
M.A. Saphonov ◽  
S.S. Usov ◽  
N.L. Kharchenko ◽  
E.A. Yanova
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Political ◽  
Napoleon Bonaparte ◽  
The World ◽  
Famous Book ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Napoleonic Era

In this article we consider the category of fiction in political discourse - its language expression and the reasons for its appearance. In the process of research, we found out that one of the most important language means of expressing fiction in political discourse is metaphor and all its manifestations in the text. Metaphors convey a special, fantastic perception of the world. But, besides metaphors, the use of metonymy, hyperbole, litotes, comparisons, epithets, etc. also helps to form the category of the fantastic. We will consider the use of elements of the fantastic in political discourse on the example of the famous book “Maxims and Thoughts of Saint Helena Prisoner” in which Count de Las Cases, who voluntarily followed Napoleon Bonaparte in his exile, captured the emperor's statements, his aphorisms, fragments of political speeches, etc. Napoleon Bonaparte created authorial myths about himself, his rule and his army (the Great Army, Grande Armee), captured in his political speeches, letters, maxims and appeals to soldiers and contemporaries. From a literary and linguistic point of view, the very form chosen by Napoleon to express his political and philosophical judgments - maxims, aphorisms - is of interest. The result of our research is that the category of the fantastic in the political discourse of the Napoleonic era is the place to be and includes the use of metaphors, epithets, hyperbole, grotesques, personification, special comparisons and repetitions, as well as allusions, reminiscences, explicit and hidden quoting.

Negative Discourse Analysis and utopias of the political

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Graham
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Language ◽  
The West ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
The World ◽  
Normative Discourse ◽  
Utopian Thought

Abstract This paper puts forward an argument about the relation between utopian thought and political discourse. It demonstrates how utopias frame normative discourse in general and political discourse in particular. The argument is informed by Kenneth Burke’s theory of the negative command and its place at the basis of all human language. I argue that utopias are necessarily based in the hortatory negative and are, in literary terms, like religious texts in general being ‘words about words’ designed to coordinate “the tribe”. Burke calls such texts ‘logological’. The argument I put forward here points to a rapidly crumbling utopia that has beset much of the world and all of the West since at least the Reagan-Thatcher era in which a new corporatist political economy was given global impetus.

scholarly journals Linguo-cognitive aspects of manipulation in political discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (Extra-C) ◽  
pp. 330-337
Author(s):  
Svetlana Andreyevna Pesina ◽  
Tatiana Ye. Abramzon ◽  
Svetlana V. Rudakova ◽  
Igor A. Kuznetsov ◽  
Irina V. Samarokova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cognitive Analysis ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World

Within the scope of the article the key properties and functions of political discourse are presented, the directions and tendencies in the field of this type of discourse with a specific metaphorical metalanguage are reflected. The paper demonstrates the results of a thematic analysis of the political discourse in the light of the prevailing stereotypes and stable blocks. Recognition and overcoming of linguistic technologies of manipulativity and conflicts are necessary in linguistic didactics as part of discourse analysis, practical course of a foreign language and in a number of other disciplines. The obtained results of linguistic and cognitive analysis show that the description of the properties and tasks of political discourse will avoid the manipulation of public opinion of the world community.  

Seeing Red (or Blue): How Party Identity Colors Political Cognition

The Forum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen N. Goggin ◽  
Alexander G. Theodoridis
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
The Political ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Voter Identification ◽  
Sports Fandom ◽  
Party Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Cognition

Abstract Many Americans associate themselves with their political party in a deep, visceral way. Voter identification with a political party has powerful implications for not just how voters behave, but how there are exposed to and receive information about the world. We describe how this tying of one’s self-concept to a party, which can be analogous to die-hard sports fandom, plays a central role in political cognition. It leads voters identifying with the two parties to perceive the political (and even seemingly apolitical) world in dramatically different ways. We detail the psychological mechanisms by which this party identity produces these distortions and offer examples of the bias that emerges. We conclude by discussing the implications of these phenomena for perpetuating our current hyper-polarized political discourse.

scholarly journals Totalitarianism in George Orwell's Animal Farm

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-554
Author(s):  
Mujtaba Muhammedali Yahya Al-Hilo ◽  
Hayder Ali Gebreen
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Animal Farm ◽  
Graduation Project ◽  
The Revolution

The Animal Farm attempts at representing a realistic analysis of the revolution and changing of systems and regimes. However, change may not be necessarily a positive one as long as there is not a just and fair system upon which the sons of the revolutions depend. As history has proved, the majority of revolutions fail to achieve the utopian goals they had been seeking. Then, it fails to achieve the goals that are sought from it. Eventually, the reality becomes worse than that which it aimed to change. Since the theme of this novel is applicable for all people in any place at any time, and the big role that political discourse played in its event, we have chosen it to be our subject to analyze and discuss in our graduation project. After this short abstract, we will present an introduction in which we show the author’s contribution in the world of literature, his famous works and their significance. After that, we move on to deal with the language and discourse, rhetoric speech and discourse of Orwel and his ideology. The we tend to cover the author’s life, political discourse, and finally the political discourse of the author in The Animal Farm. We end our paper with a conclusion which includes our points of view to the importance of the political discourse in the novel and the moral lessons the mankind can draw out from such great piece of literature.

scholarly journals THREAT IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF A SOCIAL NETWORK AS A MEANS OF SPEECH INFLUENCE

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Darya Korotaeva ◽  
Lilit Mesropyan
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Persuasive Effect

The article discusses the mechanisms of speech influence of political discourse based on conflictogenic texts of mensive nature. The strategies, methods and tactics of the addressee, which determine the pragmatic orientation of the statements of politicians on the social network, are defined and characterized. A detailed analysis of the speaker’s intentions, realized at the lexical, grammatical and stylistic levels and having a strong persuasive effect, is carried out . The language of a politician correlates with the speech organization of the picture of the world, which forms certain opinions regarding events or personalities in the mass consciousness.

scholarly journals Axiological Component in Political Discourse and Its Analysis in the Process of Training Masters of Political Science

wisdom ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-124
Author(s):  
Marina KARNAUKHOVA ◽  
Irina ARYABKINA ◽  
Irina TALINA ◽  
Margarita LUKYANOVA ◽  
Sergey DANILOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Value System ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Science

This article analyzes approaches (philosophical, linguistic and historical) to the concept of “value” in the political discourse. When some critical events occur in the country or in the world, there is the transformation of axiological concepts. The article substantiates the point of view that the process of identification with a sociocultural community is clearly seen in modern political leaders. Based on philosophical and historical analysis, the authors disclose the transformation of the concept of “value”.  In each language, one can trace the component of categorization and assessment of political reality. Modern problems of transforming society and ensuring its sustainable development lead to the evaluation of the value system. The application of various scientific methods (including theoretical analysis of the provisions of philosophical, historical, pedagogical, sociological, cultural science) made it possible to perform this study.

scholarly journals Climate Change in Cameroon Political Discourse: A Case Study of Paul Biya’s COP21 Speech

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Badiang Oloko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Language Use ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Global Response ◽  
The World ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Global Concern

The management of and the concern for climate change have been occupying a growing space in public debates the recent years. The various challenges which are linked to climate change can be said to have become a global concern as there have been mobilizations from institutions and persons that work in different fields – science, politics and even arts. Frameworks have been developed over the years to enable people from all these diverse fields to meet and discuss this issue which has a direct impact on the daily life of societies all over the world. The most important of such frames is the Conference of the Parties (COP) organised by the United Nations, where people from various fields meet to discuss what is at stake and the measures that can be or should be taken in order to have a coordinated and global response to the challenges the world faces due to climate change. Language and language use are therefore relevant when when we try to figure out what is said and by whom in the debate on climate. The present paper seeks to give an insght into the political discourse on climate (change) with a special focus on Cameroon.The speech made by Paul Biya during the COP21 can thus serve as an example to identify the voices that can interact within one speech the relations between some of these voices and that of the speaker. The discursive polyphony postulated by Gjerstad (2001) can therefore be relevant in such a project. Meanwhile, it will be based here on two approaches which fall within the frame of polyphony: the ScaPoLine and the Praxématique. The theoretical challenge is therefore to view wether these two approaches can be put together and how this can be done, in a bid to narrow the scope of what a discursive polyphony can be.

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