Cultural Marxism: far-right conspiracy theory in Australia’s culture wars

Busbridge, Rachel; Moffitt, Benjamin; Thorburn, Joshua

doi:10.1080/13504630.2020.1787822

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“…The motion was narrowly defeated, but it was nevertheless an instance of derogatory pedestalling. This way of celebrating whiteness could only have made sense if Whites were indeed the victims of non-White oppressors, immigration, and multiculturalism-a blatant falsehood [Busbridge et al 2020], and implicitly portrays non-whites negatively. In contrast, the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded to Liu Xiaobo 'for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China' [The Nobel Peace Prize 2010] qualifies as repudiatory honouring, as the award can only make sense if the Chinese Government, the government that imprisoned him as a political prisoner (until mere days before his death), was deemed unjust.…”

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Objectionable Commemorations, Historical Value, and Repudiatory Honouring

Lai

2022

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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Many have argued that certain statues or monuments are objectionable, and thus ought to be removed. Even if their arguments are compelling, a major obstacle is the apparent historical value of those commemorations. Preservation in some form seems to be the best way to respect the value of commemorations as connections to the past or opportunities to learn important historical lessons. Against this, I argue that we have exaggerated the historical value of objectionable commemorations. Sometimes commemorations connect to biased or distorted versions of history, if not mere myths. We can also learn historical lessons through what I call repudiatory honouring: the honouring of certain victims or resistors that can only make sense if the oppressor(s) or target(s) of resistance are deemed unjust, where no part of the original objectionable commemorations is preserved. This type of commemorative practice can even help to overcome some of the obstacles objectionable commemorations pose against properly connecting to the past.

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Section: Repudiatory Honouringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Objectionable Commemorations, Historical Value, and Repudiatory Honouring

Lai

2022

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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“…Framing involves ‘ select[ing] some aspects of a perceived reality and mak[ing] them more salient in a communicating text, in such a way as to promote a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation for the item described’ (Entman, 1993: 52, emphasis in original). The framing that has just been described is redolent of the culture wars that have played out throughout the Anglosphere since the late 1980s (Busbridge et al, 2020; Davis, 2019; Robinson, 1997). As Finley and Esposito (2020: 180) argue, culture-wars framing ‘minimize[s] very real concerns and shuts down both conversation and actual action’ against injustices and inequalities (Finley and Esposito, 2020: 180).…”

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“…A 2020 study cites the ‘rise of the far-right across many Western countries over recent years’, and the attendant scholarship on ‘the roles of media and new media technologies in the dissemination, circulation and reception of ideas once considered beyond the pale’ (Busbridge et al, 2020: 1). The emergence of the North American Breitbart News Network is one example of this dissemination (Davis, 2019).…”

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Freedom of speech is not freedom from ethics: the 2019 Israel Folau media controversy as a case study

Thompson

Müller

2021

Media International Australia

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This article examines how freedom of speech is framed in the media controversy surrounding the Australian rugby player Israel Folau’s April 2019 Instagram post. A content analysis and framing analysis of newspaper reportage reveals that the controversy has been largely discussed in terms of whether or not Folau’s speech was being curtailed and whether this curtailing indicates a broader, ideologically motivated censoriousness. This discussion is problematic in that it says little about the actual substance of Folau’s post. This article argues that debates surrounding freedom of speech such as the one involving Folau could and should be enriched by an engagement with ethical principles. This engagement is premised on a commitment to the free exchange of views, while acknowledging that ‘speech’ is not always inherently beneficial for democracy, nor worth defending.

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“…Diese ,moralistic violence' (Michalski 2019) behauptet Normverletzungen im Sinne der Verletzung von ,Reinheitsnormen', die in der Benachteiligung der Eigengruppe sowie der Nichtbeachtung angeblich naturgegebener Hierarchien und Superioritätsansprüche wirksam würden (Fischer 2014, S. 188;VandenBerg 2021). Das Narrativ von der Verteidigung der ,weißen Rasse' wird dabei ebenso als Legitimation aufgerufen wie die Beschwörung der Gefahren eines ,Kultur-Marxismus' (Busbridge et al 2020). Die Bandbreite rechtsterroristischer Handlungsmodi und Organisationsstrukturen ist ebenso groß wie die potenziellen Zielgruppen entsprechend den nationalen Kontexten und historischen Konstellationen vielfältig.…”

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Einschüchtern und Vertreiben, Bestrafen und Eskalieren. Instrumentelle Zielsetzungen rechtsterroristischen Handelns

Virchow

2021

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ZusammenfassungDer Beitrag entwickelt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele rechtsterroristischer Gewalt eine Systematisierung instrumenteller Zielsetzungen rechtsterroristischen Handelns. Dabei ruft er zunächst als zentrale weltanschauliche Referenz den völkischen Nationalismus auf, dem biopolitische Paradigmen inhärent sind, denen mittels rechtsterroristischer Gewalt Geltung verschafft werden soll. Dieses ist für eine Vielzahl rechtsterroristischer Gewalttaten zentral, denen es um die Aufrechterhaltung rassistischer, sexistischer und heteronormativer Gesellschaftsverhältnisse geht. Regelmäßig ist solche Gewalt auch als Botschaftsverbrechen zu verstehen, wobei ganz unterschiedliche Modi der Kommunikation beobachtbar sind. Rechtsterroristische Gewalt – sofern sie nicht parastaatlich verfasst ist – hat nicht die direkte Schwächung der Kampffähigkeit des Gegners zum Ziel, sondern zielt auf Bestrafung, Einschüchterung und Vertreibung ausgewählter sozialer Gruppen und Individuen sowie in manchen Fällen auf das strategische Moment der Zuspitzung gesellschaftlicher Konflikte, wie im abschließenden Teil des Beitrages an zahlreichen Beispielen gezeigt wird.

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Cultural Marxism: far-right conspiracy theory in Australia’s culture wars

Cited by 31 publications

References 22 publications

Objectionable Commemorations, Historical Value, and Repudiatory Honouring

Objectionable Commemorations, Historical Value, and Repudiatory Honouring

Freedom of speech is not freedom from ethics: the 2019 Israel Folau media controversy as a case study

Einschüchtern und Vertreiben, Bestrafen und Eskalieren. Instrumentelle Zielsetzungen rechtsterroristischen Handelns

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