B Opratko
Biographic Data
| ID | 44664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Opratko |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Opratko |
| SIGNATURE | OPRATKO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6120-466X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Herrschaftskritische theoretische Praxis
Im Interview erzählt Alex Demirovic von seiner theoretischen und politischen Sozialisation in Frankfurt im Nachgang der Student_innenbewegung und der Kritischen Theorie: Er berichtet von seiner Althusser- und Poulantzas-Lektüre der 1970er-Jahre, ebenso wie vom revolutionären Umfeld, vom Versuch der Gründung einer linkssozialistischen Partei und von den Anfängen der Grünen
Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’
In this article Bodjadžijev and Opratko introduce the special issue on ‘Cultures of Rejection’. First, they describe the political and intellectual conjuncture in which the term ‘cultures of rejection’ was developed. Second, they introduce some core assumptions and methodological considerations informing the perspective that came to be associated with that term, and that eventually gave rise to original empirical research on the sociocultural con…
Beyond pandemic populism
Opratko's article presents the results of a discourse-centred online ethnography, tracing the articulations of COVID-related debates against the wider backdrop of 'cultures of rejection' among members of online communities based in Austria.During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 'corona question' emerged as a particularly contentious topic in Austria, both in official politics and on the level of everyday discourse.It not only reinfor…
Cultures of rejection at work
This article introduces the concept of cultures of rejection as a framing device to investigate conditions of acceptability of authoritarian populism among workers in Germany and Austria. After situating the concept in the current scholarly debate on right-wing populism and discussing its main theoretical points of reference, we offer an analysis focusing on experiences of crisis and transformation. Two elements of cultures of rejection are discu…
Cultures of rejection in the Covid-19 crisis
This article offers a collectively developed analysis of the Covid-19 crisis as it relates to contemporary cultures of rejection, i.e. the socio-cultural conditions in which authoritarian and right-wing populist politics thrive, in Europe. We explore how the pandemic and its management reinforces, transforms and/or overrides existing antagonisms and institutes new ones in Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Germany and Sweden. We discuss how the Covid-19 c…
Devils from our past
This paper examines discourses of liberal Islamophobia in Austria, analysing interviews with journalists from national newspapers, magazines and TV station. Using a theoretical framework that combines a Gramscian analysis with methods of discourse analysis, it identifies "temporalization" as an effective discursive mechanism in the construction of the Muslim "Other" as a "folk devil". It argues that liberal Islamophobia works as a historicist rac…
Islamophobia
This article maps the emergent field of Islamophobia Studies through a discussion of recently published monographs, representing the broad spectrum of theoretical and analytical approaches to the phenomenon. Strengths and deficiencies in recent works of Nathan Lean, Deepa Kumar, Chris Allen, David Tyrer and Anne Norton are discussed. I argue that in different ways, a more thorough engagement with critical and Marxist theories of racism could cont…
Virdee, SatnamRacism, Class and the Racialized OutsiderHoundmills
Crisis Management by Subjectivation
The ongoing global crisis not only poses challenges for critical empirical analyses, it also forces us to reconsider central analytical concepts. This paper takes the multiple crisis as a starting point to reconsider notions of (state) power, hegemony, and subjectivation in contemporary crisis management. We discuss recent analyses by feminist and neo-Gramscian scholars, highlight their valuable contributions to a richer understanding of current …
Ein theoretischer Universalschlüssel?
Islamophobia
This article maps the emergent field of Islamophobia Studies through a discussion of recently published monographs, representing the broad spectrum of theoretical and analytical approaches to the phenomenon. Strengths and deficiencies in recent works of Nathan Lean, Deepa Kumar, Chris Allen, David Tyrer and Anne Norton are discussed. I argue that in different ways, a more thorough engagement with critical and Marxist theories of racism could cont…
Devils from our past
This paper examines discourses of liberal Islamophobia in Austria, analysing interviews with journalists from national newspapers, magazines and TV station. Using a theoretical framework that combines a Gramscian analysis with methods of discourse analysis, it identifies "temporalization" as an effective discursive mechanism in the construction of the Muslim "Other" as a "folk devil". It argues that liberal Islamophobia works as a historicist rac…
Crisis Management by Subjectivation
The ongoing global crisis not only poses challenges for critical empirical analyses, it also forces us to reconsider central analytical concepts. This paper takes the multiple crisis as a starting point to reconsider notions of (state) power, hegemony, and subjectivation in contemporary crisis management. We discuss recent analyses by feminist and neo-Gramscian scholars, highlight their valuable contributions to a richer understanding of current …
Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’
In this article Bodjadžijev and Opratko introduce the special issue on ‘Cultures of Rejection’. First, they describe the political and intellectual conjuncture in which the term ‘cultures of rejection’ was developed. Second, they introduce some core assumptions and methodological considerations informing the perspective that came to be associated with that term, and that eventually gave rise to original empirical research on the sociocultural con…
Cultures of rejection at work
This article introduces the concept of cultures of rejection as a framing device to investigate conditions of acceptability of authoritarian populism among workers in Germany and Austria. After situating the concept in the current scholarly debate on right-wing populism and discussing its main theoretical points of reference, we offer an analysis focusing on experiences of crisis and transformation. Two elements of cultures of rejection are discu…
Ein theoretischer Universalschlüssel?
Crisis Management by Subjectivation
The ongoing global crisis not only poses challenges for critical empirical analyses, it also forces us to reconsider central analytical concepts. This paper takes the multiple crisis as a starting point to reconsider notions of (state) power, hegemony, and subjectivation in contemporary crisis management. We discuss recent analyses by feminist and neo-Gramscian scholars, highlight their valuable contributions to a richer understanding of current …
Virdee, SatnamRacism, Class and the Racialized OutsiderHoundmills
Islamophobia
This article maps the emergent field of Islamophobia Studies through a discussion of recently published monographs, representing the broad spectrum of theoretical and analytical approaches to the phenomenon. Strengths and deficiencies in recent works of Nathan Lean, Deepa Kumar, Chris Allen, David Tyrer and Anne Norton are discussed. I argue that in different ways, a more thorough engagement with critical and Marxist theories of racism could cont…
Devils from our past
This paper examines discourses of liberal Islamophobia in Austria, analysing interviews with journalists from national newspapers, magazines and TV station. Using a theoretical framework that combines a Gramscian analysis with methods of discourse analysis, it identifies "temporalization" as an effective discursive mechanism in the construction of the Muslim "Other" as a "folk devil". It argues that liberal Islamophobia works as a historicist rac…
Cultures of rejection in the Covid-19 crisis
This article offers a collectively developed analysis of the Covid-19 crisis as it relates to contemporary cultures of rejection, i.e. the socio-cultural conditions in which authoritarian and right-wing populist politics thrive, in Europe. We explore how the pandemic and its management reinforces, transforms and/or overrides existing antagonisms and institutes new ones in Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Germany and Sweden. We discuss how the Covid-19 c…
Herrschaftskritische theoretische Praxis
Im Interview erzählt Alex Demirovic von seiner theoretischen und politischen Sozialisation in Frankfurt im Nachgang der Student_innenbewegung und der Kritischen Theorie: Er berichtet von seiner Althusser- und Poulantzas-Lektüre der 1970er-Jahre, ebenso wie vom revolutionären Umfeld, vom Versuch der Gründung einer linkssozialistischen Partei und von den Anfängen der Grünen
Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’
In this article Bodjadžijev and Opratko introduce the special issue on ‘Cultures of Rejection’. First, they describe the political and intellectual conjuncture in which the term ‘cultures of rejection’ was developed. Second, they introduce some core assumptions and methodological considerations informing the perspective that came to be associated with that term, and that eventually gave rise to original empirical research on the sociocultural con…
Beyond pandemic populism
Opratko's article presents the results of a discourse-centred online ethnography, tracing the articulations of COVID-related debates against the wider backdrop of 'cultures of rejection' among members of online communities based in Austria.During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 'corona question' emerged as a particularly contentious topic in Austria, both in official politics and on the level of everyday discourse.It not only reinfor…
Cultures of rejection at work
This article introduces the concept of cultures of rejection as a framing device to investigate conditions of acceptability of authoritarian populism among workers in Germany and Austria. After situating the concept in the current scholarly debate on right-wing populism and discussing its main theoretical points of reference, we offer an analysis focusing on experiences of crisis and transformation. Two elements of cultures of rejection are discu…
Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Authoritarianism (4 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works)