In many European countries the extreme right have refined their
electoral programmes under the rubric of nationalist-populist
slogans and have adopted subtle forms of racism. The move away from
overt neo-fascist discourse has, allowed these parties to expand
their electoral support as populist nationalist parties.
Paradoxically, this has led to an increase in racist and
anti-Semitic discourse. In this on-site analysis, Michal
Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak describe a confluence of racism and
xenophobia, and show how that union creates a new kind of
racism.
The "new" racism differs from the older kinds in that it is
usually not expressed in overtly racial terms. Instead, the
justifications that are typically employed concern protecting jobs,
eliminating abuse of welfare benefits, or cultural
incompatibilities. The new racism exploits xenophobia rooted in
ethnocentrism, male chauvinism, and ordinary prejudices that are
often unconscious or routinized. For these reasons, the new racism
can be defined as "syncretic," a mixture of many, sometimes
contradictory, racist and xenophobic beliefs and stereotypes.
Racism as ideology and practice is alive and well. This
important book aims to provide understanding of the many
socio-political and historical processes involved in such
expressions of institutional and individual racism--processes which
are not necessarily evident from more overt or traditional
expressions of racism. This is an innovative look at the political
study of language as well as new instances of race, ethnicity, and
class in present-day Europe.
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