Far-Right Rhetoric and the Politics of Fear w/ Ruth Wodak

<p>In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the world-renowned linguist, Professor Ruth Wodak, to talk about her book <em>The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse</em> (SAGE Publications).  This book takes both a historical and analytical look at how the rhetoric of the far-right ("right wing populist" in Prof Wodak's words) plays to and stokes our fears, and how far-right parties today are emulating the worst tendencies of far-right parties of the past.  A fascinating conversation on the intersections of linguistics and politics!  We are also joined by guest host Safine Ashirova, a Russian linguist who has also done linguistic research on the rhetoric of the Nazi Party as well as current far-right parties in Germany.</p> <p>Ruth Wodak is Emeritus Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University.  She is one of the pioneers of the Discourse Historical Approach of critical discourse analysis.  Her book <em>Socialist States and the Environment</em> is available from SAGE Publications: <a href= "https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-politics-of-fear/book265617">https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-politics-of-fear/book265617</a>.  You can also keep up with her latest academic publications using her research portal <a href= "https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/ruth-wodak(71b5650a-f48c-4c2e-8b71-6896e291dc2b).html"> https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/ruth-wodak(71b5650a-f48c-4c2e-8b71-6896e291dc2b).html</a>.  </p> <p>Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com.</p> <p>Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter