Orbán Urbi et Orbi: Christianity as a Nodal Point of Radical-right Populism

IF 1.3 1区哲学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politics and Religion Pub Date : 2021-05-06 DOI:10.1017/S1755048321000134

Christian Lamour

引用次数: 15

Abstract

Abstract There is one European state leader from the moderate Christian-democrat center right who has developed a discourse and policies showing his progressive move toward the radical right: Viktor Orbán. Can Christianity be considered from a Laclauian perspective, as a “nodal point” of Orbán's radical right discourse; that is, a key element around which his antagonistic narratives are structured? Based on an analysis of segments of Orbán's speeches between 2014 and 2019 that mention Christianity, the research reveals that this religion is a nodal point for three main reasons: (1) the density of Christian references used to shape a negative and antagonistic discourse, strategically adjusted to his audience; (2) the use of Christianity to ground the three ideological pillars of the radical right (populism, nativism, and authoritarianism); and (3) the mobilization of Christianity to organize a hegemonic struggle against the dominant political force that has defined the meaning of this religion in the European public sphere—the moderate center right.

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Orbán Urbi et Orbi:基督教作为极右民粹主义的一个节点

欧洲有一位来自温和的基督教民主主义中右翼的国家领导人，他的话语和政策显示了他向激进右翼的进步，他就是维克多Orbán。从拉克劳的角度来看，基督教是否可以作为Orbán激进右翼话语的一个“节点”?也就是说，这是他的对抗性叙事所围绕的一个关键因素?基于对Orbán在2014年至2019年期间提到基督教的演讲片段的分析，该研究表明，该宗教是一个节点，主要有三个原因:(1)用于塑造负面和对抗性话语的基督教参考的密度，并对其受众进行了战略性调整;(2)利用基督教来支撑激进右翼的三大意识形态支柱(民粹主义、本土主义和威权主义);(3)动员基督教组织一场霸权斗争，反对在欧洲公共领域界定该宗教含义的主导政治力量——温和的中右翼。

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来源期刊

Politics and Religion Multiple-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

13.30%

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审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Politics and Religion is an international journal publishing high quality peer-reviewed research on the multifaceted relationship between religion and politics around the world. The scope of published work is intentionally broad and we invite innovative work from all methodological approaches in the major subfields of political science, including international relations, American politics, comparative politics, and political theory, that seeks to improve our understanding of religion’s role in some aspect of world politics. The Editors invite normative and empirical investigations of the public representation of religion, the religious and political institutions that shape religious presence in the public square, and the role of religion in shaping citizenship, broadly considered, as well as pieces that attempt to advance our methodological tools for examining religious influence in political life.