The ambiguity of Europe and European identity in Finnish populist political discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7802189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuuli Lähdesmäki (0000-0002-5166-489X, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-87 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.2014.950585 |
| OpenAlex | W1973560056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
Europe is a profoundly flexible concept and, in Ernesto Laclau’s terms, a ‘floating signifier’ which is given various meanings depending on the speaker’s political aims. The article focuses on current populist and nationalist political discourses in Finland and the articulation of Europe and European identity in the political rhetoric of The Finns Party. In the rhetoric, Europe is given contradictory meanings. On the one hand, it is perceived as a cultural and value-based community which shares a common (Christian) heritage and values. Identification with Europe and the promotion of European communality are particularly pronounced when a threat towards ‘us’ is experienced as coming from outside the imagined European borders. On the other hand, the European integration process and Europe as a political project can be articulated as threats not only to national independence, identity and cultural particularity but to European cultural identity as well.Keywords: Europethe European UnionidentitynationalismpopulismThe Finns Party AcknowledgementsThe work has been supported by the Academy of Finland under Grant SA21000019101 (Populism as movement and rhetoric).Additional informationNotes on contributorsTuuli LähdesmäkiTUULI LÄHDESMÄKI is Academy Research Fellow in the Department of Art and Culture Studies at University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Aesthetics · Articulation (sociology · Cultural identity · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Populism · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
The Social Construction of Europe
Rethinking Europe
Introduction
A Community of Europeans?
Power and Oppression from the Perspective of the Sociology of Engagements
Politics on the Edges of LiberalismDifference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Politics on the Edges of Liberalism
Through Thick and Thin
The Dialectic of Borders and Networks in Europe
Here to Stay? Populism as a New Party Type
Rhetoric of unity and cultural diversity in the making of European cultural identity
How Many Europes
Europe as a Social Process and Discourse
Hesitant Voters, Committed Elite
Transnational Identities
European Identities and the EU – The Ties that Bind the Peoples of Europe
Winning Hearts and Minds for Europe
Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy
Speaking 'Europe
European Security Identities
Clarifying a Contested Concept
The Populist Zeitgeist
The cosmopolitan imagination
Politics and the Limits of Modernity
Populism and Neo-populism in Latin America, especially Mexico
Culture as Opposed to What
Populist Mobilization
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |