Abstract
Cultural War of Values: The Proliferation of Moral Identities In the Danish Public Sphere
Peter Hervik (Aalborg University)
This chapter looks at the drastic shift in the construction of minority others that came with the emergence of neo-nationalism, neo-racism and radical right populism in the post-1989 world. Through an analysis of a political philosophy launched in Denmark in the 1990s called the “Cultural War of Values”, I show that the moral identities proliferating in the Danish public sphere are fundamentally anti-political correct, anti-multiculturalist, and anti-Marxist as confrontation is also directed at political adversaries. Thus, the chapter’s key argument is that the social construction of thick minority identities can only be understood in relation to the cultural war of value strategy aimed at domestic political opponents.
Peter Hervik (Aalborg University)
This chapter looks at the drastic shift in the construction of minority others that came with the emergence of neo-nationalism, neo-racism and radical right populism in the post-1989 world. Through an analysis of a political philosophy launched in Denmark in the 1990s called the “Cultural War of Values”, I show that the moral identities proliferating in the Danish public sphere are fundamentally anti-political correct, anti-multiculturalist, and anti-Marxist as confrontation is also directed at political adversaries. Thus, the chapter’s key argument is that the social construction of thick minority identities can only be understood in relation to the cultural war of value strategy aimed at domestic political opponents.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Becoming Minority : How discourses and policies produce minorities in Europe and India |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Place of Publication | New Delhi |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications |
| Publication date | Nov 2014 |
| Pages | 145-173 |
| Chapter | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789351500353 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Keywords
- moral identities
- denmark
- neonationalism
- neoracism
- cultural war of values
- neoconservativism
- Muhammad cartoon crisis, nationalism, neoracism, populism, media anthropology, Denmark, ethnic relations, Islam, Muslims, Islamophobia, freedom of the press
- minority