Harta 77 ning Václav Haveli „hegemoonne retoorika” Ernesto Laclau diskursuseteooria ning sotsiaalse liikumise raamistusteooria sünteesis
Hegemonic Rhetoric of Václav Havel and Charter 77: Combining Framing Theory and Laclauian Discourse Theory in Social Movement Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The literature on the resistance and protest movements of Czechoslovakian dissidents and intellectuals during the communist period is abundant, but less attention has been devoted to close rhetorical analysis of the texts by the leaders of these movements. In conducting a case study on the rhetoric of the Czechoslovakian social movement Charter 77 during its early period of activity (1977–1978) as embodied in the early political essays of its leader Václav Havel and in the declaration of the movement, this article highlights the need to combine two theories in studying the rhetoric of social movement leaders: Laclauian discourse theory and social movement framing theory. The article claims that, in order better to explain the choice of rhetoric of social movements, the two theories can be used in a single frameworkas an empirical method for analysing social movements’ strategies. The study shows how combining Laclauian discourse analysis with framing theory expands social movement analysis; through the combination, it explains the inception, emergence and choice of strategy of the Charter 77 movement.

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