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Apokalyptiska topiker, preppers och myten som metafor och auktoritet

Johansson, Tor LU (2025) RETK13 20242
Rhetoric
Abstract
This essay set out to explore the apocalyptic discourse in a prepper community online. Using the topoi of apocalypticism (time, evil, authority), described by Stephen D. O’Leary, and the millennial myth, from Philip Lamy, I propose a plausible theory regarding “how” a prepper or survivalist may arrive at the idea of the doomsday through the experience of evil. The myth functions much like a conceptual metaphor. The myth is an interpretive layer through which an understanding of the contemporary is communicated. Applied to the aforementioned topoi, this results in insight regarding their relationship. This combination of two theories corroborates their findings and results in a reinforcement of them both.
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author
Johansson, Tor LU
supervisor
organization
course
RETK13 20242
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Prepping online discourse, Millennialism, Rhetorical analysis, Topoi, Myth, Metaphor
language
Swedish
id
9182701
date added to LUP
2025-01-27 10:36:37
date last changed
2025-01-27 10:36:37
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  abstract     = {{This essay set out to explore the apocalyptic discourse in a prepper community online. Using the topoi of apocalypticism (time, evil, authority), described by Stephen D. O’Leary, and the millennial myth, from Philip Lamy, I propose a plausible theory regarding “how” a prepper or survivalist may arrive at the idea of the doomsday through the experience of evil. The myth functions much like a conceptual metaphor. The myth is an interpretive layer through which an understanding of the contemporary is communicated. Applied to the aforementioned topoi, this results in insight regarding their relationship. This combination of two theories corroborates their findings and results in a reinforcement of them both.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Tor}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Apokalyptiska topiker, preppers och myten som metafor och auktoritet}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}