Brexitspeak - Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy

"This critical investigation explores Brexit in the context of the nationalist populist wave in Europe, arguing that manipulative rhetoric was a key factor in the 2016 referendum result. It probes Brexiter propaganda through the lens of linguistics and cognitive science, showing how ethnocentric attitudes and emotions were mobilised"--

List of contents

Introduction: populists, demagogues, language; 1. Identity; 2. We; 3. The people; 4. The British people; 5. Fear of foreigners; 6. Fear of foreigners mobilised; 7. How demagogues do it; Conclusion: brexitspeak, demagoguery, decline of democracy; Appendix.

About the author

Paul Chilton is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, and currently an associate member of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at Oxford, and of the Applied Linguistics department at the University of Warwick. His notable publications include Security Metaphors (1996), Analysing Political Discourse (2004), and Language, Space and Mind (2019).

Summary

This critical investigation explores Brexit in the context of the nationalist populist wave in Europe, arguing that manipulative rhetoric was a key factor in the 2016 referendum result. It probes Brexiter propaganda through the lens of linguistics and cognitive science, showing how ethnocentric attitudes and emotions were mobilised.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Chilton, Paul (University of Warwick) Chilton, Chilton Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781108744027
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74402-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, Sociolinguistics, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Communication Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, Elections & referenda, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political ideologies and movements, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Elections and referenda / suffrage