Ideological Dimensions of Anti-Democratic Propaganda in Bulgarian Media
Ideological Dimensions of Anti-Democratic Propaganda in Bulgarian Media
Author(s): Boyan ZnepolskiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Civil Society, Sociology, Security and defense, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Фондация за хуманитарни и социални изследвания - София
Keywords: anti-democratic propaganda;liberalism in Poland; anti-liberalism; anti-Americanism; nationalism; sovereignism; elites; the people; Russia; Europe; the EU; the US; NATO;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to study five ideological dimensions of anti-democratic propaganda in Bulgarian media that articulate in a variety of perspectives the same general talking points: ‘The decline of Europe’, ‘The rise of Russia’, ‘Bulgaria’s venal elites’, ‘The US/NATO as global hegemon/puppet-master’. Its task is to check the ‘elasticity’ of Bulgarian anti-democratic propaganda, to see how, and to what extent, the general talking points can be rearranged and extended in different ideological directions so as to encompass different social stereotypes and discontents and package them around three basic oppositions: nationalism versus liberalism, the people versus the elites, Russia versus the West. The paper also attempts to clarify what are the political implications and what is the future of the world that the ideological variations of the main propaganda talking points presuppose and suggest.
Journal: Критика и хуманизъм
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 49
- Page Range: 107-144
- Page Count: 38
- Language: English
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