The Dislocation of the Empty Signifier Freedom as a Tool in Global Political Struggles A Case Study on RT's Mini-Series How to Watch the News
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F22%3A10425898" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/22:10425898 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Ny.r8N6wUP" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Ny.r8N6wUP</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2021.1889833" target="_blank" >10.1080/13183222.2021.1889833</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The Dislocation of the Empty Signifier Freedom as a Tool in Global Political Struggles A Case Study on RT's Mini-Series How to Watch the News
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Freedom is approached in this article as an empty signifier and as an object of discursive struggle, from a discourse-theoretical perspective. The hegemonic centrality of freedom in Western discourse and identity construction is acknowledged, but at the same time the article argues that hegemony is never total and all-encompassing. In other words, hegemonic constructions are seen as always particular, with their universal claims displaying cracks and gaps. Especially when different discursive communities (e.g. the West and Russia) engage in global discursive struggles, these cracks become visible through dislocatory strategies. The second part of the article then addresses a case study about how this discursive struggle is organised in practice, focussing on the RT mini-series How to Watch the News, which prominently features Slavoj Zizek. The discourse-theoretical analysis demonstrates how the mini-series deconstructs the Western articulation of freedom, in three ways, namely by showing the failures of Western liberal democracies, and the divided nature of Western societies, and by critiquing the individualistic articulation of freedom. The article concludes by pointing to the ambiguities related to the centrality of freedom, the role of RT and the role of Zizek as public intellectual.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The Dislocation of the Empty Signifier Freedom as a Tool in Global Political Struggles A Case Study on RT's Mini-Series How to Watch the News
Popis výsledku anglicky
Freedom is approached in this article as an empty signifier and as an object of discursive struggle, from a discourse-theoretical perspective. The hegemonic centrality of freedom in Western discourse and identity construction is acknowledged, but at the same time the article argues that hegemony is never total and all-encompassing. In other words, hegemonic constructions are seen as always particular, with their universal claims displaying cracks and gaps. Especially when different discursive communities (e.g. the West and Russia) engage in global discursive struggles, these cracks become visible through dislocatory strategies. The second part of the article then addresses a case study about how this discursive struggle is organised in practice, focussing on the RT mini-series How to Watch the News, which prominently features Slavoj Zizek. The discourse-theoretical analysis demonstrates how the mini-series deconstructs the Western articulation of freedom, in three ways, namely by showing the failures of Western liberal democracies, and the divided nature of Western societies, and by critiquing the individualistic articulation of freedom. The article concludes by pointing to the ambiguities related to the centrality of freedom, the role of RT and the role of Zizek as public intellectual.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2022
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Javnost
ISSN
1318-3222
e-ISSN
1854-8377
Svazek periodika
29
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
SI - Slovinská republika
Počet stran výsledku
16
Strana od-do
66-81
Kód UT WoS článku
000630677200001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85102930641