Dánský postoj ke karikaturám proroka Mohameda: Když hodnoty hrají prim
Danish Attitude to Muhammad Cartoons Controversy: When Values Play the Upper Hand

Summary/Abstract: A lot of effort has been made to examine the 2005 Muhammad cartoons controversy from various angles. The aim of the following paper is to analyze the situation after publishing the cartoons as far as the foreign policy is concerned. Particular attention is paid to the behavior of the Danish Prime Minister and other politicians, to public opinion and to points of view published in Danish media. The main thesis that is examined is that the Danish Prime Minister acted according to the logic of appropriateness rather than according to the logic of consequences and that the political elite as well as Danish public opinion and media were predominantly in agreement with him. The reasons for this behavior are sought in the nature of the Danish identity – in the so called ‘danskhed’.

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