Democracy Is Not for Everyone

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ID6180887
AuthorsPiotr Żuk (0000-0003-3153-7022, University of Wrocław), Paweł Żuk (0000-0003-1985-6178, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Wrocław University of Economics, Wrocław, Poland)
Year2020
Volume53
Issue3
Pages1-21
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.1
OpenAlexW3092525692
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited33

The authors of the article show manifestations of homophobia in a range of Eastern European countries. They use the example of Poland to compare the current situation of LGBT people with that in the communist period. The article defends the thesis that homophobia, which goes hand in hand with Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and widespread dislike for any cultural minority, is a cultural compensation for economic disappointment and an expression of the Eastern European opposition to the economic and political expansion of the West. From this perspective, the dominant nationalist orientation requires treating not only LGBT communities, but also their defenders, supporters of a more liberal culture and civic organizations, as representatives of “foreign centers” who intend to meet “the interests of the core European Union (EU) countries.” Thus, messianic nationalism and homophobia are a compensation for economic marginalization and a form of defense moved from the sphere of economic problems to the sphere of identity

Democracy · Disappointment · Economics · European union · International trade · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

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