Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study
Recently, migratory movements - particularly those involving large numbers of people who have come to Europe seeking to become refugees - have given rise to a kind of social discourse associated with "populist nationalism". At times this type of discourse, by generalizing and normalizing a...
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Centro de Estudios Avanzados
2020
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| description | Recently, migratory movements - particularly those involving large numbers of people who have come to Europe seeking to become refugees - have given rise to a kind of social discourse associated with "populist nationalism". At times this type of discourse, by generalizing and normalizing at the social level, has given rise to the emergence of a "culture of fear" which, as an articulated system of meaning and significance, can be examined from a sociosemiotic perspective, paying special attention to perceptive and interpretative processes supported by the imaginary dichotomy between a "we" and a "they" that occur both individually and collectively. This article examines the "culture of fear" that emerges around cultural diversity -specifically associated with migration- from such a theoretical perspective, in order to make a contribution both to the literature on cultures of fear, as well as to the debate on the risks their propagation and normalization pose to democratic societies. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-279512020-08-12T12:30:08Z Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study Migración y ‘cultura del miedo’: estudio sociosemiótico Moreno Barreneche, Sebastián Recently, migratory movements - particularly those involving large numbers of people who have come to Europe seeking to become refugees - have given rise to a kind of social discourse associated with "populist nationalism". At times this type of discourse, by generalizing and normalizing at the social level, has given rise to the emergence of a "culture of fear" which, as an articulated system of meaning and significance, can be examined from a sociosemiotic perspective, paying special attention to perceptive and interpretative processes supported by the imaginary dichotomy between a "we" and a "they" that occur both individually and collectively. This article examines the "culture of fear" that emerges around cultural diversity -specifically associated with migration- from such a theoretical perspective, in order to make a contribution both to the literature on cultures of fear, as well as to the debate on the risks their propagation and normalization pose to democratic societies. Recientemente, los movimientos migratorios –en particular aquellos protagonizados por el elevado número de personas que han llegado a Europa buscando convertirse en refugiados– han dado lugar al surgimiento de un tipo de discurso social asociado a un “nacionalismo populista”. En ocasiones este tipo de discurso, al generalizarse y normalizarse a nivel social, ha dado lugar al surgimiento de una “cultura del miedo” que, en tanto sistema articulado de sentido y significación, puede ser examinada desde una mirada sociosemiótica, prestando especial atención a los procesos perceptivos e interpretativos apoyados en la dicotomía imaginaria entre un “nosotros” y un “ellos” que ocurren a nivel tanto individual como colectivo. En este artículo se examina la “cultura del miedo” que emerge en torno a la diversidad cultural –específicamente asociada a la migración– desde tal perspectiva teórica, con el fin de realizar un aporte tanto a la literatura sobre las culturas del miedo, así como al debate sobre los riesgos que su propagación y normalización tienen para las sociedades democráticas. Centro de Estudios Avanzados 2020-08-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/restudios/article/view/27951 Estudios digital; Núm. 43 (2020): Las culturas del miedo: temor, terror y poder; 65-82 1852-1568 0328-185X 10.31050/re.vi43 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/restudios/article/view/27951/30642 Derechos de autor 2020 Estudios digital http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Moreno Barreneche, Sebastián Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title | Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title_alt | Migración y ‘cultura del miedo’: estudio sociosemiótico |
| title_full | Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title_fullStr | Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title_short | Migration and ‘Culture of Fear’: A Socio-Semiotic Study |
| title_sort | migration and culture of fear a socio semiotic study |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/restudios/article/view/27951 |
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