CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Kobakhidze, Otari |
|---|---|
| Title | The Concept of Europe in the Narrative of Extreme-Right Nationalists during Europeanisation: a case from Georgia |
| Summary | Abstract This thesis investigates the quest to Europe of Georgian extreme-right nationalist organization Georgian Power. Georgian Power promotes anti-egalitarian, xenophobic, white supremacist and anti-globalisation rhetoric, yet it still declares itself as the force striving towards traditionalist Europe. The thesis seeks to answer why such extreme-right nationalist organisation frames Europe as a desired destiny for Georgia. The thesis also investigates why despite its condemnation of many changes Europeanisation contributes in Georgia, Georgian Power does not reject Georgian government’s stated goal to get closer to the European Union. The thesis uses frame analyses and analyses the public and Facebook discourses of Georgian Power and its related Facebook page Edelweiss. It regards Georgian Power as a social movement that on one hand is constrained by existing historical and cultural frames, on the other hand, it uses political opportunities to advance its agenda. Based on Risse-Kappen’s Europeanisation theory thesis regards Georgian power as one of the actor engaged in national and European identity renegotiation process. The thesis argues that support of Europe by Georgian Power is shaped by several factors: first, Georgia’s Russian “Other” framed in dichotomy with Europe; secondly, the “Muslim other” of Georgia that European extreme-right also frames as Europe’s “other”; third, Georgian Power’s fascination by Nazism and traditionalism that bounds it to Europe; fourth, flirting with political opportunism by Georgian Europe – anti-European discourse would discredit the organization even further. The thesis will contribute to debates about Europe and Europeanisation, it also represents an important step towards studying Georgia’s rising extreme-right nationalism. Keywords: Europeanisation, Extreme-right, Georgian nationalism, European Union; |
| Supervisor | Kovács Mária M. |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/kobakhidze_otari.pdf |
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