Do the Urban Activists Want to Kill Us? Forces of Altermodernization and the Making of Conservative Moral Panic Cover Image

Czy miejscy aktywiści chcą nas zabić? Siły altermodernizacji a konstruowanie konserwatywnej paniki moralnej
Do the Urban Activists Want to Kill Us? Forces of Altermodernization and the Making of Conservative Moral Panic

Author(s): Przemysław Pluciński
Subject(s): Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: urban social movements; urban activism; the right to the city; altermodernization; backlash;moral panic; post-truth; discourse analysis; manipulation; public discourse

Summary/Abstract: The article offers an analysis of discursive reactions to the altermodernist patterns developed by urban social movements, present in right-wing and conservative-liberal narratives and journalism. These reactions are clearly backlash. The main thesis of the article is that they meet the conditions of moral panic. Therefore, the following elements of moral panic have been identified: excessive concern for the established order, false representations based on exaggeration and distortion, and the construction of deviation through the negative stereotype of the urban activist. The crucial element of the latter is the construction of the political enemy by means of “communization”.

  • Issue Year: 46/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 381-405
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish
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