Unit:
Department of Communication and Media StudiesLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Frantzis Georgios
Dissertation committee:
Δημήτριος Χαραλάμπης, Ομότιμος καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και ΜΜΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Πλειός, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και ΜΜΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Ελισάβετ Τσαλίκη, Αναπληρώτρια καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και ΜΜΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρίνα Ρήγου, Επίκουρη καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και ΜΜΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Δημήτριος Α. Σωτηρόπουλος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Ανδρέας Πανταζόπουλος, Αναπληρωτής καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικών Επιστημών, ΑΠΘ
Νικόλαος Δεμερτζής, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και ΜΜΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η κυρίαρχη "αφήγηση" για την εθνική ταυτότητα της ελληνικής κοινωνίας τη δεκαετία του 1980 και η σχέση της με τον εθνοκεντρικό λόγο στην Ελλάδα μέχρι την άνοδο της Χρυσής Αυγής: 1990 - 2012
Translated title:
The formation of the prominent national identity “narrative” in Greece in the 1980s and its relation with the Greek nationalist discourse until the rise of the Golden Dawn: 1990-2012.
Summary:
This doctoral dissertation is an inquiry into how the word “nation” was conceptualized through the prominent political discourse in Greece in the 1980s and how this affected nationalist discourses in Greece the next decades until the rise of the Golden Dawn and its first parliamentary seat (1990-2012). In this doctoral dissertation two key research questions arise: a) How the word “nation” was described and conceptualized by Greek society through the political rhetoric of Andreas Papandreou, during the era of his political rise in Greece in the long period after the fall of military junta of 1967-’74 (“Metapolitefsi”) – and specifically in the 1980s – b) What is the relationship (possible continuities and discontinuities) between political discourse of “Metapolitefsi” in the 1980s and nationalistic discourse in Greece from 1990 until 2012.
Both research questions are answered through testing of the following two hypotheses: First working guideline (hypothesis) that is explored is that the political rhetoric of Andreas Papandreou re-conceptualized and re-introduced the word “nation” to Greek society by adding new ideological characteristics on this term in the 1980s. The second hypothesis that is tested is that from the 1990s forward nationalist discourse in Greece regressed to its root ideological representations and repressive character while used by the traditional political actors of nationalistic ideology in Greece (right-wing populist parties and leading figures of the Greek Orthodox Church) following the socio-political paradigm shift and passing of the main political actor of the 1980s in Greece. This second hypothesis is focused on two emerging political coalitions appearing on Greek political scene since the mid 1990s: “national populists” and “modernizers”.
The analysis focuses on the following aspects, by using “Critical Discourse Analysis” (CDA): 1. Text or Discourse 2. Ideology 3. Historical and sociopolitical context. By using this methodological approach, we achieve insights on discourse and focus on the relations between discourse and ideology to clarify how discourse produces, reproduces and intersperses power relations and ideologies. This doctoral dissertation adopts the “constructivist” approach with regards to “nation building”, arguing that nations emerged through the ideals of the American and French Revolution and conceptualized as dual “civic” and “cultural” entities by society.
This study has two main sections of analysis. The first section focuses on the process of Greek nation-state building, as well as how national identity was constructed in Greece, examining the “Greek national narrative”, its origins, and its key principles appearing on the beginning of the 19th century up until the end of the Greek Civil War during the right-wing anticommunist state on the post-war period and the fall of the military regime (chapter 3). The second section of analysis describes “national character” in Greece, how it was described and re-conceptualized by the political discourse of “Metapolitefsi” – especially in the 1980s – (chapter 4) and then how it was re-introduced again into Greek society in the era of neoliberal globalization, global refugee crisis and immigration flows towards Greece (chapter 5). This doctoral dissertation contributes to a broad body of work focusing on Greek nationalism and Greek national identity and describes how the political rhetoric of Andreas Papandreou is related to the construction of a “national narrative” in Greece and the nationalist discourse in Greece until the rise of the Golden Dawn.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Ideology, nationalism, national identity, critical discourse analysis, political parties, PASOK, far-right, Golden Dawn, Andreas Papandreou
Number of references:
643
