CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Schwartzburg, Rosa Esther |
|---|---|
| Title | Mapping Trans-National 'Alt-Right' Discourse via the Genre of Mass Killer Manifestos |
| Summary | The central research question of this thesis is: What, if any, are the key claims made by alt-right texts, as can be traced from the manifestos of seven mass murderers? Using Critical Discourse Analysis, this project looks to manifesto texts produced by mass killers between the years 2011 and 2019 (beginning with Anders Breivik and ending with Brenton Tarrant). It breaks the alt-right down into two central constituent groups: ‘White Replacement’ discourse, articulating fear of white extinction, and ‘Red Pill’ discourse, articulating belief in an experience of subordinated/oppressive non-hegemonic masculinity. Through tracing these two main subject from the manifesto genre through to web forums, social media, historical documents, news broadcasts, and political speeches, the author weaves a proposed network of alt-right discourse. This leads to an understanding of ideology that closely links belief and knowledge with affect and emotion. |
| Supervisor | Barat, Erzsebet |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/schwartzburg_rosa.pdf |
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