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Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures

Debating Citizenship after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks

Donatella della Porta author Pietro Castelli Gattinara author Konstantinos Eleftheriadis author Andrea Felicetti author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:29th Jun '20

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Among the violent acts perpetrated by radical Islamist groups in Europe, the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris has been one of those that has challenged established categories of public debate the most. Through a multifaceted and detailed analysis of the public discourse around the Charlie Hebdo episode in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK, Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures offers an in-depth analysis of how political groups and religious organizations have reacted to the event, which claims they have made in the public sphere, and how they have justified such claims. Drawing on newspaper sources and discourse analysis, the authors navigate the complexities caused by political violence. They develop a threefold comparison that considers how the debate differs across countries; how it evolved over time; and how it varies when one looks at mainstream media compared to social movement arenas. Based on a triangulation of quantitative and qualitative analyses, the volume pays particular attention to radical left, radical right and religious actors and to issues related to migration and integration, secularism and cultural diversity, security and civil rights. In particular, they focus on the way in which transformative events act as critical junctures within different public spheres. Starting from the nefarious attacks on January 2015, this highly relevant, theoretically compelling, and methodologically sophisticated study of public debates in Europe adds substantially to the growing body of research into critical junctures as discursive turning points and gives insights into into a number of debates ranging including citizenship and political violence.

"With subtlety and skill, Della Porta and her colleagues show exactly how violent attacks can disrupt the public sphere. Their analysis matters enormously, as the ensuing symbolic struggles help determine the contours of contemporary politics. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the wellbeing of the world's democracies." -John S. Dryzek, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor, University of Canberra "This is an impressive and important book. It analyzes one of the most important transformative events of the recent years: the attacks on Charlie Hebdo. It does so in a superb way by showing differences and similarities within the left, the right, and among religious organisations across four countries: France, Italy, Germany, and the UK. This is cutting edge research, both empirically and theoretically." -Jan Willem Duyvendak, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam "Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures is an ambitious and innovative book that brings together several approaches to social movements in order to analyse how European publics responded to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015. It is based on rich and original data that has been collected specifically for the project and analyses whether the events triggered a discursive juncture and a turning point in European political cultures." -Florence Faucher, Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, Centre d'études Européennes et de politique comparée, Paris

ISBN: 9780190097431

Dimensions: 157mm x 239mm x 23mm

Weight: 576g

276 pages