“Ryssar blifva vi aldrig!”: den diskursiva framställningen av Ryssland som den Andre i svensk konservativ dagspress 1890-1906.
(2024) HISK37 20241History
- Abstract
- ”We will never become Russians”: the discourse concerning Russia as the Other in Swedish conservative daily press between 1890 and 1906.
This study focuses on how three events unfolding in the Russian empire during the turn of the nineteenth century were portrayed in the Swedish conservative daily press. The depiction of the following events have been subject of examination: the russification of Finland, the russification of Swedens former possesions in Balticum, and the first Russian revolution of 1905. The method used is a discourse analysis, focusing on how a Swedish identity was formed in the notion of repudiation towards Russia. The source material consists of articles from three leading conservative newspapers, all published... (More) - ”We will never become Russians”: the discourse concerning Russia as the Other in Swedish conservative daily press between 1890 and 1906.
This study focuses on how three events unfolding in the Russian empire during the turn of the nineteenth century were portrayed in the Swedish conservative daily press. The depiction of the following events have been subject of examination: the russification of Finland, the russification of Swedens former possesions in Balticum, and the first Russian revolution of 1905. The method used is a discourse analysis, focusing on how a Swedish identity was formed in the notion of repudiation towards Russia. The source material consists of articles from three leading conservative newspapers, all published between the years 1890 - 1906. The material has been analysed in the light of four different theories, in part claiming to explain how the perception of Russia as the Other historically has developed and taken shape in Western Europe. The study shows how the Swedish conservative daily press expressed a range of negative perceptions about tsarist Russia. These included both traditional stereotypes of Russia as the “barbarian at the gate” as well as opinions connected to the autocracy and socioeconomic inequalities which characterised the Russian empire during this period. The study also shows that Sweden's geographic closeness to Russia and its historic ties to both Finland and northern Balticum played an important role in how these ideas were discursively constructed.
Keywords: Baltikum, den Andre, Finland, Revolution, Russifiering, Ryssland. (Less)
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- Kihlberg, Elias LU
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- organization
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- HISK37 20241
- year
- 2024
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- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Baltikum, den Andre, Finland, Konservativ Dagspress, Revolution, Russifiering, Ryssland.
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- Swedish
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- 9170954
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abstract = {{”We will never become Russians”: the discourse concerning Russia as the Other in Swedish conservative daily press between 1890 and 1906.
This study focuses on how three events unfolding in the Russian empire during the turn of the nineteenth century were portrayed in the Swedish conservative daily press. The depiction of the following events have been subject of examination: the russification of Finland, the russification of Swedens former possesions in Balticum, and the first Russian revolution of 1905. The method used is a discourse analysis, focusing on how a Swedish identity was formed in the notion of repudiation towards Russia. The source material consists of articles from three leading conservative newspapers, all published between the years 1890 - 1906. The material has been analysed in the light of four different theories, in part claiming to explain how the perception of Russia as the Other historically has developed and taken shape in Western Europe. The study shows how the Swedish conservative daily press expressed a range of negative perceptions about tsarist Russia. These included both traditional stereotypes of Russia as the “barbarian at the gate” as well as opinions connected to the autocracy and socioeconomic inequalities which characterised the Russian empire during this period. The study also shows that Sweden's geographic closeness to Russia and its historic ties to both Finland and northern Balticum played an important role in how these ideas were discursively constructed.
Keywords: Baltikum, den Andre, Finland, Revolution, Russifiering, Ryssland.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Ryssar blifva vi aldrig!”: den diskursiva framställningen av Ryssland som den Andre i svensk konservativ dagspress 1890-1906.}},
year = {{2024}},
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