Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’

• Michał Krzyżanowski ^[1] ; Ruth Wodak ^[2] ; Hannah Bradby ^[1] ; Mattias Gardell ^[1] ; Aristotle Kallis ^[3] ; Natalia Krzyżanowska ^[4] ; Cas Mudde ^[5] ; Jens Rydgren ^[6]
  1. [1] Uppsala University

     Uppsala University

     Uppsala domkyrkoförs., Suecia

     
  2. [2] University of Vienna

     University of Vienna

     Innere Stadt, Austria

     
  3. [3] Keele University

     Keele University

     Newcastle-under-Lyme District, Reino Unido

     
  4. [4] Örebro University

     Örebro University

     Suecia

     
  5. [5] University of Georgia

     University of Georgia

     Estados Unidos

     
  6. [6] Stockholm University

     Stockholm University

     Suecia

     

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• Localización: Journal of language and politics, ISSN 1569-2159, Vol. 22, Nº. 4, 2023, págs. 415-437
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This position paper argues for an interdisciplinary agenda relating crises to on-going processes of normalization of anti- and post-democratic action. We call for exploring theoretically and empirically the ‘new normal’ logic introduced into public imagination on the back of various crises, including the recent ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe, COVID-19 pandemic, or the still ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gathering researchers of populism, extremism, discrimination, and other formats of anti- and post-democratic action, we propose investigating how, why, and under which conditions, discourses and practices underlying normalization processes re-emerge to challenge the liberal democratic order. We argue exploring the multiple variants of ‘the new normal’ related to crises, historically and more recently. We are interested in how and why these open pathways for politics of exclusion, inequality, xenophobia and other patterns of anti- and post-democratic action while deepening polarization and radicalization of society as well as propelling far-right politics and ideologies.