Michael Billig
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3659345 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Michael Billig |
| NOMBRES | Michael |
| APELLIDO | Billig |
| FIRMA | BILLIG M |
| AFILIACIONES | Loughborough University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 507 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1971 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Committed Social Psychology
Committed social psychology, often also known as critical social psychology, aims to expose the ways that existing power relations psychologically affect the lives of the powerless. This sort of research, which can be traced back to the classic prewar study of unemployment in the Austrian town of Marienthal, is politically committed to changing the world and to criticizing orthodox social psychology. Some of the similarities and differences betwe…
Banal Nationalism and the Imagining of Politics
In this chapter, Michael Billig re-assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Banal Nationalism, responds to some of the arguments put forward in the other chapters in this collection and outlines some possible ways in which research on the topic might proceed
Academic Words and Academic Capitalism
This paper suggests that it is the best and worst of times for academic work. It is the best of times because there are more academics publishing than ever before. It is the worst of times because there is much unnecessary publication. Working in the competitive conditions of academic capitalism, academics feel impelled to keep publishing, whether or not they have anything to say. The pressures to publish continually and to promote one’s own appr…
Banal Nationalism
Reflecting on a Critical Engagement with Banal Nationalism – Reply to Skey
The Hidden Roots of Critical Psychology
Banal Nationalism
The emergence of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in Yugoslavia during the war with Nato
Byford and Billig examine the emergence of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in the Yugoslav media during the war with NATO. The analysis focuses mainly on Politika, a mainstream daily newspaper without a history of anti-Semitism. During the war, there was a proliferation of conspiratorial explanations of western policies both in the mainstream Serbian media and in statements by the Yugoslav political establishment. For the most part such conspira…
Laughing and Ridicule
Talking of the Royal Family
To talk about royalty is to talk of many things: privilege, equality, nationality, morality, family life, parenting, divorce, the media and more. Important themes and issues flow through the seemingly trivial everyday chatter about royalty.Now with a new preface, Talking of the Royal Family was the first serious full-length study of royalty to emerge from this rhetorical perspective and remains relevant today
Freud's Different Versions of Forgetting 'Signorelli
The author examines Freud's three written accounts of his forgetting of the name 'Signorelli'. The three texts--a letter to Fliess, an early scientific article and a chapter in 'The Psychopathology of Everyday Life'--contain significant differences that are examined in detail. In describing the incident, Freud made successive changes that were matched to his theoretical explanations for the forgetting. More than this, close examination of the dif…
Freudian Repression
In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology, Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's class…
Freudian Repression
In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology, Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's class…
Banal Nationalism
Banal nationalism
Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism. While traditional theorizing has focused on extreme expressions of nationalism thus making it an exotic and remote concern, Michael Billig turns his attention to the everyday, and so less visible, forms that are deeply ingrained in contemporary consciousness. Banal Nationalism asks why people do not forget their national identity. It contends that nationalism is con…
After Postmodernism Reconstructing Ideology Critique
Introduction - Michael Billig and Herbert W Simons PART ONE: THE POSTMODERN PROBLEMATIC Reconstructing Social Theory after the Postmodern Critique - Richard Harvey Brown Evading the Subject - Steven E Cole The Poverty of Contingency Theory The Limits of Pure Critique - Kenneth J Gergen Inscription and Horizon - Ian Angus A Postmodern Civilizing Effect? PART TWO: IDEOLOGY CRITIQUE AND CULTURAL STUDIES Staying Dumb? Feminist Research and Pedagogy w…
Nationalism and Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty is in danger of attaining the sort of eminence which today is normally reserved for French philosophes. He is one of the few English-language thinkers whom defenders of postmodernism feel able to cite along-side the continental icons of Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard. He has been described
The hidden factor
Heritage of Our Times
Antisemitism in the 1990s
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
Ideology and opinions
Authoritarianism and demographic variables as predictors of racial attitudes in Britain
This article reports on an investigation to test the key prediction of the theory of authoritarianism: namely that authoritarianism is a major predictor of racial attitudes, in comparison with variables such as social class, educational level, age, income and feelings of economic insecurity. The analysis was based upon the data of 1,099 white respondents taken from a nationally representative sample of British respondents. Using multiple regressi…
Books
James Lynch, Multicultural Education in a Global Society Lewes: The Falmer Press, 1989, 122 pp., n.p. h.b. Mike Cole (ed), Education for Equality: Some Guidelines for Good Practice London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £30.00 h.b., £9.95 p.b. Mark Halstead, Education, Justice and Cultural Diversity: An Examination of the Honeyford Affair 1984–85 Lewes: Falmer Press, 1988, 317 pp., £22.00 cloth, £10.95 p.b. Gajendra K. Verma (ed), Education for All: A…
Rhetoric of the conspiracy theory
Recent criticism in National Front publications of conspiracy theories involving Jews must be seen in their ‘argumentative context’. In fact, such rhetoric can be used for purely tactical purposes, in this case in the power struggle between two rival factions of the National Front. Furthermore, pro‐Zionism is not necessarily contradictory to antisemitism since it can reflect a desire to see Jews leave for Israel. Antisemitism remains a continuing…
Prejudice, categorization and particularization
This paper seeks to offer an alternative approach to the study of prejudice than that based upon the notion of categorization which is currently influential in cognitive social psychology. It is argued that the categorization approach assumes the inevitability of prejudice and ignores the issue of tolerance. The assumptions of the categorization approach are criticized, and it is suggested that, by focusing on categorization as a cognitive proces…
Social categorization and similarity in intergroup behaviour
The present study is one of a series exploring the role of social categorization in intergroup behaviour. It has been found in our previous studies that in ‚minimal' situations, in which the subjects were categorized into groups on the basis of visual judgments they had made or of their esthetic preferences, they clearly discriminated against members of an outgroup although this gave them no personal advantage. However, in these previous studies …
Freudian Repression
In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology, Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's class…
Fascists
Prejudice, categorization and particularization
This paper seeks to offer an alternative approach to the study of prejudice than that based upon the notion of categorization which is currently influential in cognitive social psychology. It is argued that the categorization approach assumes the inevitability of prejudice and ignores the issue of tolerance. The assumptions of the categorization approach are criticized, and it is suggested that, by focusing on categorization as a cognitive proces…
Reflecting on a Critical Engagement with Banal Nationalism – Reply to Skey
Risky shifts, cautious shifts, and group polarization
Normative communication in a minimal intergroup situation
Rhetoric of the conspiracy theory
Recent criticism in National Front publications of conspiracy theories involving Jews must be seen in their ‘argumentative context’. In fact, such rhetoric can be used for purely tactical purposes, in this case in the power struggle between two rival factions of the National Front. Furthermore, pro‐Zionism is not necessarily contradictory to antisemitism since it can reflect a desire to see Jews leave for Israel. Antisemitism remains a continuing…
The new social psychology and ‘fascism’
This article examines the claims of ethnomethodologists, symbolic interactionists and ethogenists to provide an improved basis for social psychology. The basic assumptions of these approaches are outlined, especially their common emphasis upon language and meaning. However, differences between the approaches are also noted. The problem is how this new social psychology would be capable of dealing with important social issues, such as fascism. The…
The national front and youth
Authoritarianism and demographic variables as predictors of racial attitudes in Britain
This article reports on an investigation to test the key prediction of the theory of authoritarianism: namely that authoritarianism is a major predictor of racial attitudes, in comparison with variables such as social class, educational level, age, income and feelings of economic insecurity. The analysis was based upon the data of 1,099 white respondents taken from a nationally representative sample of British respondents. Using multiple regressi…
Values of British political extremists and potential extremists
Studied the value systems of political extremists and potential extremists, comparing them with the value systems of centrist activists and supporters. Samples of political activists from the Labour, Conservative, Communist and National Front parties were obtained, as well as samples of non‐active supporters. The non‐active supporters were defined as Potential Extremists, if they supported a centrist party as first choice, but either Communist or…
Judgements of values and group polarization
Freud's Different Versions of Forgetting 'Signorelli
The author examines Freud's three written accounts of his forgetting of the name 'Signorelli'. The three texts--a letter to Fliess, an early scientific article and a chapter in 'The Psychopathology of Everyday Life'--contain significant differences that are examined in detail. In describing the incident, Freud made successive changes that were matched to his theoretical explanations for the forgetting. More than this, close examination of the dif…
The hidden factor
Antisemitism in the 1990s
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
Anti‐Jewish Themes and the British far left—I
In this examination of some of the publications of the British far left, Dr Billig shows that ideas are being expressed which strike at the roots of Jewish existence, especially when Zionism and Jewish nationhood are discussed. Part II will appear in the April issue
Anti‐Jewish themes and the British far left—II
Concluding his examination of British far left publications, Dr Billig identifies the existence of a background assumption that the world would be a better place if there were no Jews
The resolution of conflict
Risky shifts, cautious shifts, and group polarization
Normative communication in a minimal intergroup situation
Social categorization and similarity in intergroup behaviour
The present study is one of a series exploring the role of social categorization in intergroup behaviour. It has been found in our previous studies that in ‚minimal' situations, in which the subjects were categorized into groups on the basis of visual judgments they had made or of their esthetic preferences, they clearly discriminated against members of an outgroup although this gave them no personal advantage. However, in these previous studies …
The resolution of conflict
Judgements of values and group polarization
The new social psychology and ‘fascism’
This article examines the claims of ethnomethodologists, symbolic interactionists and ethogenists to provide an improved basis for social psychology. The basic assumptions of these approaches are outlined, especially their common emphasis upon language and meaning. However, differences between the approaches are also noted. The problem is how this new social psychology would be capable of dealing with important social issues, such as fascism. The…
Fascists
Values of British political extremists and potential extremists
Studied the value systems of political extremists and potential extremists, comparing them with the value systems of centrist activists and supporters. Samples of political activists from the Labour, Conservative, Communist and National Front parties were obtained, as well as samples of non‐active supporters. The non‐active supporters were defined as Potential Extremists, if they supported a centrist party as first choice, but either Communist or…
Fascists
The national front and youth
Books
Connections and explorations Wilson Harris, Explorations, edited with an introduction by Hena Maes‐Jelinek, Dangeroo Press, 8381 Mundelstrup, Denmark, 1981,145 pp. Epic variables in Trinidad and Jamaica Ralph de Boissiere, Crown Jewel, Allison & Busby, London, 1981,361 pp., £6.95. Michael Thelwell, The Harder They Come, Pluto Press, London, 1980,399 pp., pb. £2.95. Inner city symptoms and contexts Peter Hall (ed.), The Inner City in Context, Hein…
Adolescent support for the National Front
Anti‐Jewish Themes and the British far left—I
In this examination of some of the publications of the British far left, Dr Billig shows that ideas are being expressed which strike at the roots of Jewish existence, especially when Zionism and Jewish nationhood are discussed. Part II will appear in the April issue
Anti‐Jewish themes and the British far left—II
Concluding his examination of British far left publications, Dr Billig identifies the existence of a background assumption that the world would be a better place if there were no Jews
Prejudice, categorization and particularization
This paper seeks to offer an alternative approach to the study of prejudice than that based upon the notion of categorization which is currently influential in cognitive social psychology. It is argued that the categorization approach assumes the inevitability of prejudice and ignores the issue of tolerance. The assumptions of the categorization approach are criticized, and it is suggested that, by focusing on categorization as a cognitive proces…
Rhetoric of the conspiracy theory
Recent criticism in National Front publications of conspiracy theories involving Jews must be seen in their ‘argumentative context’. In fact, such rhetoric can be used for purely tactical purposes, in this case in the power struggle between two rival factions of the National Front. Furthermore, pro‐Zionism is not necessarily contradictory to antisemitism since it can reflect a desire to see Jews leave for Israel. Antisemitism remains a continuing…
Authoritarianism and demographic variables as predictors of racial attitudes in Britain
This article reports on an investigation to test the key prediction of the theory of authoritarianism: namely that authoritarianism is a major predictor of racial attitudes, in comparison with variables such as social class, educational level, age, income and feelings of economic insecurity. The analysis was based upon the data of 1,099 white respondents taken from a nationally representative sample of British respondents. Using multiple regressi…
Books
James Lynch, Multicultural Education in a Global Society Lewes: The Falmer Press, 1989, 122 pp., n.p. h.b. Mike Cole (ed), Education for Equality: Some Guidelines for Good Practice London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £30.00 h.b., £9.95 p.b. Mark Halstead, Education, Justice and Cultural Diversity: An Examination of the Honeyford Affair 1984–85 Lewes: Falmer Press, 1988, 317 pp., £22.00 cloth, £10.95 p.b. Gajendra K. Verma (ed), Education for All: A…
Antisemitism in the 1990s
We recently addressed the following statement and questions on the strength and nature of anti-Semitism in the 1990s to a number of Jews and non-Jews throughout the world: Talk of a ‘revival’ or ‘resurgence’ of anti-Semitism is now commonplace. This seems to be the result of developments in the former USSR and in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989, but also of increasing reports of anti-Semitic incidents taking place throughout Western Europe …
Ideology and opinions
The hidden factor
Heritage of Our Times
Nationalism and Richard Rorty
Richard Rorty is in danger of attaining the sort of eminence which today is normally reserved for French philosophes. He is one of the few English-language thinkers whom defenders of postmodernism feel able to cite along-side the continental icons of Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard. He has been described
After Postmodernism Reconstructing Ideology Critique
Introduction - Michael Billig and Herbert W Simons PART ONE: THE POSTMODERN PROBLEMATIC Reconstructing Social Theory after the Postmodern Critique - Richard Harvey Brown Evading the Subject - Steven E Cole The Poverty of Contingency Theory The Limits of Pure Critique - Kenneth J Gergen Inscription and Horizon - Ian Angus A Postmodern Civilizing Effect? PART TWO: IDEOLOGY CRITIQUE AND CULTURAL STUDIES Staying Dumb? Feminist Research and Pedagogy w…
Banal nationalism
Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism. While traditional theorizing has focused on extreme expressions of nationalism thus making it an exotic and remote concern, Michael Billig turns his attention to the everyday, and so less visible, forms that are deeply ingrained in contemporary consciousness. Banal Nationalism asks why people do not forget their national identity. It contends that nationalism is con…
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