Ideologized Politics – Change and Restructuring of Societal Consciousness: from National to Supra-National Cover Image

Идеологизирана политика – подмяна и преструктуриране на общественото съзнание: от национално към наднационално
Ideologized Politics – Change and Restructuring of Societal Consciousness: from National to Supra-National

Author(s): Georgi Genov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Politics and society, Geopolitics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Politics; ideology; national interests; values; legitimacy

Summary/Abstract: The political activity at grass-roots level most often is perceived as verbal communications. Predominant part in the public and official discourse is due to ideology-burdened terms for „national (and alliance) interests”, „values (universal, democratic, European, euro-atlantic)” and „legitimacy”. For a third decade societal, group and individual consciousness is subjected to constant coordinated, institutionalized impact under the motto of „civilisational choice” aiming at a change of national identity (from Bulgarian into European, „European citizens”), substitution of traditional values for „European” (essentially neo-liberal). In fact a substitution of national interests with others, partially or entirely alien ones. The flow of the narrative interests-values-legitimacy marks the enlargement of subjective on behalf of the onjective.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 39-56
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian