The Germans as a Threat to ‘Us’? The Use of History and Othering of Germans in the Speeches of the Czech President Miloš Zeman

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110729740-007" target="_blank" >10.1515/9783110729740-007</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Germans as a Threat to ‘Us’? The Use of History and Othering of Germans in the Speeches of the Czech President Miloš Zeman
Original language description
The text contributes to discussion on political populism and creation of ‘the Others’ through populist strategies. ‘The Others’ in whose opposition the Czech nation has been defining itself for at least last two centuries are mainly the Germans. This study focuses on the Czech President Miloš Zeman who can serve as an example of a populist, and raises the following question: Does Zeman populistically create a construct of Germany and the Germans as ‘the Others’ and a source of threat to the Czech people? In such case, does he do so based on historical references or based on references to current German politics? The analysis is designed as a CAQDAS of the empirical corpus consisting of all Zeman’s text production. The analysis shows that although Zeman perceives Germany historically as a source of threat to the Czech people, he pays his attention mainly to the activities of modern Germany, above all to the immigration policy of Angela Merkel. In this regard, Zeman’s rhetoric is strictly populist. The analysis points out the discursive power of the topic of Islam and migration, and their effect on politics in a country with almost no Muslims and migrants.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-08605S" target="_blank" >GA18-08605S: Instrumental Politicization of History as a Legitimization Tool of Political Regimes</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Nationalism and Populism. Expressions of Fear or Political Strategies?
ISBN
978-3-11-073127-9
Number of pages of the result
22
Pages from-to
135-156
Number of pages of the book
301
Publisher name
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
UT code for WoS chapter
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