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Making a terrorist: The discursive construction of Islamist and right-wing extremist threats in Swiss media reporting
Margna, Livia ; Prina, Federica (advisor) ; Fitzgerald, James (referee)
Dissertation｜2460442M Abstract The discourses structuring news coverage of terrorist attacks influence our understanding of the nature, drivers and severity of the threat emanating from a specific extremist actor category. Therefore, they are a powerful tool to further socio-political goals. Acknowledging the role of language in shaping reality, this dissertation project uses Critical Discourse Analysis/Critical Discourse Studies to reveal current discursive trends in the understudied coverage of Islamist and right-wing extremist attacks in the Swiss press. With the dominant social factor distinguishing the two extremist categories being ethnicity, it hypothesises that Western media discourses reflect the presuppositions of Orientalism and Critical Race Theory. Both theories expect texts to express, enact and legitimise social hierarchies based on racial affinity to solidify the supremacy of the white elite. The exemplarily analysis of the reporting of two recent extremist incidents by three newspapers representing political perspectives from the right-wing to the left-wing shows that while the Swiss press is indeed influenced by and reproduces racial inequalities, publications do so to a varying degree.
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Roles Women Play in the Alt-Right: Aspirations and Limitations
Chagas Linhares, Dominique ; Aslan, Emil (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
Despite women's historical involvement in far phenomenon is a mismatch between analysts' expectations and far right women's be The lack of substantial research that focuses on women's narratives and recollections of their women's positions. A recent replication of this phenomenon is right women's motivations in en the movement is aligned to their interests. Additionally, I engage with women's perspectives on right and the lack of space and support for women's the subjects of women's interests in the alt right' women's perspectives in women's terms, as such an approach will provide analysts and
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The Socialist Reich Party and her prohibition in 1952
Ladka, Marcel ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Nigrin, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis "The Socialist Reich Party and her prohibition in 1952" focuses on topic of the right-wing extremist and the first neo-nazi political party in the Bonn Republic, which existed between 1949 and 1952. This work compares SRP with NSDAP, to which SRP awoved itself and became considered as its successor organization. The author of this bachelor thesis describes the origin, ideology and leaders of SRP, which confirm the theory that the SRP is actually the successor organization to the banned NSDAP. The introduction outlines mechanisms how is it legally possible to ban political parties. In the next part of the thesis the author describes the struggle of the federal government against the party after the election successes in the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. In 1951 a federal government proposal was field to ban the SRP to the Federal Constitutional Court. The conclusion is being analyzed by a judgment of the German constitutional court, which marked the SRP as a party threatening the existing constitutional order and the banning of the SRP and the fate of party members after the abolition of the SRP.
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"Oi! Warning" and "Dazlak - Skinhead" - Skinheads as a threat for German society?
Koryntová, Eva ; Lizcová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Zelená, Alena (referee)
This thesis deals with the German skinhead subculture in the 1990s and its presentation in the contemporary films Dazlak - Skinhead and Oi! Warning. Firstly, the theoretical part describes the origin and attributes of the skinhead subculture in Great Britain and its evolution in Germany. Afterwards, it focuses on the two films, puts them into the context of the history of the skinhead movement in Germany and introduces their storyline and characteristics. Furthermore, the presentation of skinheads in these films is analysed. The basis of the analysis are four theses, which the specialist literature defines for the skinheads characteristic: tendency to right-wing extremism, violence and aggression, the working-class origin and specific lifestyle characterized by listening to skinhead music, drinking alcohol and attending parties and concerts. Most of these statements are confirmed by the two films. However, both of them present the subculture in a different way. The black and white film Oi! Warning does not focus on the issue of right-wing extremism but on violence, aggression and skinhead lifestyle. For its overall aesthetics, tragic ending and the negative character of the "real" skinhead Koma, it can be argued that this film presents the subculture in a negative way. Dazlak - Skinhead tries to disprove...
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Political Extremism in France with a Focus on the National Front (" Le Front national")
Nejedlý, Vladimír ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Hauser, Michael (referee)
The topic of this thesis is political extremism in France, mainly focused on Front National. In the first part, there is defined term extremism, described its typology and its connection to the political system - political parties and its form at present. The content of the next part is to map historical developments of right-wing extremism in France, roots and its tradition. This thesis is mainly focused on development of Front National - since the formation to the present. The aim of this thesis is to map political extremism in France, mainly The Front National, comparison of the political party's development in the different stages. The focus is put on the comparison of its policy agenda and electors especially in connection to the change of leaders of the Front national during its existence (from Jean-Marie Le Pen to Marine Le Pen). Specialised literature in Czech and French and authentic documents were used for the preparation of this thesis. KEYWORDS extremism, right-wing extremism, political parties, Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen
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Homegrown Terrorism in the United States, 2001-2015
Zelinka, Ondřej ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Divišová, Kristýna (referee)
The thesis focuses on the topic of homegrown terrorism in the United States in the time period between the years 2001 and 2015. The first part of the thesis declares the diffe- rences betweeen domestic and homegrown terrorism, which in the Czech language exists un- der one term translatable as domestic terrorism. After setting these ground rules the definiti- on of the homegrown terrorism is determined. The next chapter then focuses on the two main types of homegrown terrorism and extremism, the jihadist and the right-wing, their ideological background and historical context. In the case of the right-wing terorrism the thesis also fo- cuses on the main types of right-wing extremism, which are based on racist, fundamental and anti-government ideology. The thesis also analyses the main terror attacks and plots from both jihadist and right-wing side, which were executed between the years 2001-2015. The final chapter of the thesis focuses on statistic data and it's analysis, which results into a comparison of the lethality and dangerousness of the two main types of homegrown terrorism, the creation of a profile of an average homegrown terrorist and overall analysis of the statistic data. Keywords domestic terrorism, homegrown terrorism, USA, right-wing extremism, muslim extre- mism, jihadist extremism,...
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The radicalization of East German youth - the case of Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund
Šašková, Klára ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
The exposure of the terrorist organisation Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund (National Socialist Underground, NSU) in November 2011 exposed the still topical problem that is the right-wing scene in contemporary Germany. The Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund consisted of three young people: Beate Zschäpe, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt. The group managed to stay hidden for over ten years without being discovered by the police or the authorities during which time its members committed at least ten murders, fifteen robberies and two bomb attacks. Its discovery reopened the issue of how the Federal Republic of Germany has been dealing with both its Nazi-past and its current right-wing scene. This thesis focuses on the radicalization of East German youth in the 1990s and presents this trend using the aforementioned group as an example. Firstly, right-wing extremism is characterized and this part is followed by the description of the specifics of right-wing extremism in GDR and the new federal states (Bundesländer). The thesis then describes the lives of the three members before the formation of the group, the operation of the group while hidden as well as the crimes linked to the group. Firstly, it focuses on the bank robberies the trio used to gain financial resources, secondly, on the murders...
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Prohibition of the Socialist Reich Party in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952
Ladka, Marcel ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Nigrin, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis "Prohibition of the Socialist Reich Party in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952" is delas with the right-wing extremist and the fist neo-nazi political party in Bonn Republic, which existed between 1949 and 1952. This work compares SRP with NSDAP, to which SRP awoved itself and became considered as its successor organization. The author of this bachelor thesis describes the origin, ideology and leaders of SRP, which confirms the theory that the SRP is actually the successor organization to the banned NSDAP. The introduction outlines mechanisms to legally ban political parties. In the next part of the thesis the author describes the struggle of the federal government against the party after the election successes in the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. In 1951 a federal government proposal was field to ban the SRP to the Federal Constitutional Court. The conclusion is being analyzed by a judgment of the German constitutional court, which marked the SRP as a party threatening the existing constitutional order and the banning of the SRP and the fate of party members after the abolition of the SRP.
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Right-wing extremism in Brandenburg 1990-2010
Kramlová, Anna ; Dimitrov, Michal (advisor) ; Novotný, Lukáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis and one case study "Right wing extremism in Brandenburg 1990 − 2010" discusses the different forms of right wing extremism in the federal state Brandenburg in the timeframe of twenty years after the German reunification. The aim of this thesis is the analysis of the development of this phenomenon in Brandenburg in all its forms, reaching from right-wing extremist mindsets over political parties, to groupings and the commission of crimes. But also the persecution of right-wing extremism through the measures taken by the government of Brandenburg and the civil society by the Brandenburg political officials as well as the civil society is handled in the thesis. The author is dealing with the reasons for the spreading of right-wing extremism, points out the interconnection between its constituent forms and verifies the officially declared "stagnating to declining" tendency of right-wing extremist display in Brandenburg. Several conclusions are drawn. The scene is much interconnected despite its heterogeneity, especially with the National Democratic Party NPD. The most immediate danger is posed by right-wing extremist motivated violence, justified by the ideology of the culprits and ranging from threats to murder. The claim about "stagnating to declining" tendency of right-wing...
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