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“The new extreme right”: Uncivility, irony, and displacement in the French re-information sphere

“The new extreme right”: Uncivility, irony, and displacement in the French re-information sphere AbstractContemporary France is a prolific arena for post-fascist actors, parties, and movements. Self-proclaimed alternative news outlets and publishing houses serve as forums for information and mobilisation, through various strategies, to resist an alleged onslaught by the enemies of the nation and its people: multiculturalism, feminism, political correctness, political corruption, and civilisational decay. In this article, I explore uncivility as a discursive logic within the French post-fascist media-ecology, focusing on the conspicuous use of irony and discursive displacement. More specifically, I discuss how sardonic irony as an uncivil discursive strategy is employed to navigate the legal boundaries of free speech and how discursive displacement, coupled with irony, is used as an affective identificatory technique in post-fascist discourse. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordicom Review de Gruyter

“The new extreme right”: Uncivility, irony, and displacement in the French re-information sphere

Nilsson, Per-Erik
Nordicom Review , Volume 42 (s1): 14 – Mar 1, 2021
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de Gruyter
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© 2021 Per-Erik Nilsson, published by Sciendo
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2001-5119
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10.2478/nor-2021-0008
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Abstract

AbstractContemporary France is a prolific arena for post-fascist actors, parties, and movements. Self-proclaimed alternative news outlets and publishing houses serve as forums for information and mobilisation, through various strategies, to resist an alleged onslaught by the enemies of the nation and its people: multiculturalism, feminism, political correctness, political corruption, and civilisational decay. In this article, I explore uncivility as a discursive logic within the French post-fascist media-ecology, focusing on the conspicuous use of irony and discursive displacement. More specifically, I discuss how sardonic irony as an uncivil discursive strategy is employed to navigate the legal boundaries of free speech and how discursive displacement, coupled with irony, is used as an affective identificatory technique in post-fascist discourse.

Journal

Nordicom Review – de Gruyter

Published: Mar 1, 2021

Keywords: discourse; France; post-fascism; racism; uncivility

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