THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE ABUSE OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH Cover Image

KRIZA DEMOKRATIJE I ZLOUPOTREBA SLOBODE GOVORA
THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE ABUSE OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Author(s): Anes Makul
Subject(s): Politics, Government/Political systems, Politics and communication
Published by: Logos – Centar za kulturu I edukaciju
Keywords: right-wing populism; the crisis of democracy; hate speech; new political reality;

Summary/Abstract: The appearance of right-wing populist actors in recent years in Europe has also impacted the creation of a new political and social reality. That reality could be also described as a new „normality“ which is partially the result of the changed rhetorics in the public, of which an essential part is also hate speech, that can contribute to the rise of criminal acts because hate speech contributes to the creation of an ambience that helps the development of such events. Although the crises are fertile ground for the appearance for extremist ideologies, these parties are not new. The acceptance of the populist ideas among citizens indicates that there was a crisis of democracy that existed before crises.

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 237-247
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian