Dialectic of Fear

Centre-Liberal Media Discourse on Gender, LGBTQIA+ and Abortion in Contemporary Poland

Bibliographic Data

ID21358604
AuthorsAleksandra Krzyżaniak (0000-0002-3414-637X, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume66
Issue4
Pages77-89
Publication date2022-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLiteratura Ludowa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-4708 • E-ISSN: 2544-2872
PublisherUniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12775/ll.4.2022.005
OpenAlexW4322710230
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

References to fear are often associated with narratives created by right-wing parties and media, especially while talking about issues such as gender, LGBTQIA+ or abortion. However, similar practices can be found in centre-liberal discourse, proving that the creation and reproduction of the dialectic of fear can apply to all agents, no matter their political affiliation. The article aims to challenge popular academic perceptions of the sources of fear by proposing a counterperspective that means to shift perception on agents of polarisation. Used examples focus on contemporary Polish mainstream centre-liberal newspapers which reproduce fear in their narrative, adding to both local and worldwide phenomena of political polarisation and radicalisation

Abortion · Art · Dialectic · Epistemology · Literature · Mainstream · Media studies · Mythology · Narrative · Newspaper · Perception · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology