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The Annoying Difference: The Emergence of Danish Neonationalism, Neoracism, and Populism in the Post-1989 World
The Muhammad cartoon crisis of 2005-2006 in Denmark caught the world by surprise as the growing hostilities toward Muslims had not been widely noticed. Through the methodologies of media anthropology, cultural studies, and communication studies, this book brings together more than thirteen years of research on three significant historical media events in order to show the drastic changes and emerging fissures in Danish society and to expose the politicization of Danish news journalism, which has consequences for the political representation and everyday lives of ethnic minorities in Denmark.
- GenresDenmark
324 pages, Library Binding
First published July 15, 2011
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November 20, 2016
Denne her bog burde være mere udbredt læsning.
There are times when I think Peter Hervik ends up dichotomising the debate in a way similar to the ones he accuses of doing just that, but otherwise, this is essential reading for today's Denmark. I am very happy to have seen this content articulated and researched, and I wish there was more work done on the right in Denmark.
In this book, Hervik goes through different media events in Denmark that have led to a racialisation that only continues in the current climate dominated by anti-Muslim rhetoric and refugees. He goes through the demonisation and racial turn of the "other" with the story of the Somalian Ali (written in Ekstra Bladet by a to-be DF'er), Mona Sheikh accused of being anti-democratic and in favour of the death penalty, and finally, the cartoon scandal in 2005-2006. The demonisation, dichotomisation and definitions allowing no counter-discourse have produced an environment of no-tolerance and zero concessions - a form of extremism that is as dangerous as anything else.
I hope we'll see more work of this kind in light of current developments.
There are times when I think Peter Hervik ends up dichotomising the debate in a way similar to the ones he accuses of doing just that, but otherwise, this is essential reading for today's Denmark. I am very happy to have seen this content articulated and researched, and I wish there was more work done on the right in Denmark.
In this book, Hervik goes through different media events in Denmark that have led to a racialisation that only continues in the current climate dominated by anti-Muslim rhetoric and refugees. He goes through the demonisation and racial turn of the "other" with the story of the Somalian Ali (written in Ekstra Bladet by a to-be DF'er), Mona Sheikh accused of being anti-democratic and in favour of the death penalty, and finally, the cartoon scandal in 2005-2006. The demonisation, dichotomisation and definitions allowing no counter-discourse have produced an environment of no-tolerance and zero concessions - a form of extremism that is as dangerous as anything else.
I hope we'll see more work of this kind in light of current developments.
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