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The discourse of danger in Denmark (2001-2006), discourse analysis of the Danish cartoon crisis

Azzo, Fadi LU (2022) STVA22 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Danish cartoon crisis was triggered by the publication of twelve cartoons of the prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and had a significant impact on world politics. This paper tries to understand this crisis using a post-positivist approach to social reality. It asserts that the crisis can be understood discursively by applying the theory of discourse of danger to the Danish context (2001-2006). It analyses the political identity in Denmark, how it is constructed the meaning of “Danishness” and how the “Others” is constituted within this identity. This paper further argues that the cartoon crisis can be understood as a consequence to the domination of the discourse of danger in Denmark, by showing that... (More)
The Danish cartoon crisis was triggered by the publication of twelve cartoons of the prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and had a significant impact on world politics. This paper tries to understand this crisis using a post-positivist approach to social reality. It asserts that the crisis can be understood discursively by applying the theory of discourse of danger to the Danish context (2001-2006). It analyses the political identity in Denmark, how it is constructed the meaning of “Danishness” and how the “Others” is constituted within this identity. This paper further argues that the cartoon crisis can be understood as a consequence to the domination of the discourse of danger in Denmark, by showing that Muslim immigrants in Denmark and the Islamic culture as a whole is considered a “threat” to the “Danishness”. (Less)
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author
Azzo, Fadi LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20212
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Danish cartoon crisis, Muhammad cartoon crisis, Discourse of danger, The Politics of identity, Post-structuralism, International Relations.
language
English
id
9069761
date added to LUP
2022-02-24 13:29:31
date last changed
2022-02-25 16:48:23
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  abstract     = {{The Danish cartoon crisis was triggered by the publication of twelve cartoons of the prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and had a significant impact on world politics. This paper tries to understand this crisis using a post-positivist approach to social reality. It asserts that the crisis can be understood discursively by applying the theory of discourse of danger to the Danish context (2001-2006). It analyses the political identity in Denmark, how it is constructed the meaning of “Danishness” and how the “Others” is constituted within this identity. This paper further argues that the cartoon crisis can be understood as a consequence to the domination of the discourse of danger in Denmark, by showing that Muslim immigrants in Denmark and the Islamic culture as a whole is considered a “threat” to the “Danishness”.}},
  author       = {{Azzo, Fadi}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The discourse of danger in Denmark (2001-2006), discourse analysis of the Danish cartoon crisis}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}