Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’

Krzyżanowski, Michał; Wodak, Ruth; Bradby, Hannah; Gardell, Mattias; Kallis, Aristotle; Krzyżanowska, Natalia; Mudde, Cas; Rydgren, Jens

doi:10.1075/jlp.23024.krz

Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’

Krzyżanowski, Michał; Wodak, Ruth; Bradby, Hannah; Gardell, Mattias; Kallis, Aristotle; Krzyżanowska, Natalia; Mudde, Cas; Rydgren, Jens

Authors

Michał Krzyżanowski

Ruth Wodak

Hannah Bradby

Mattias Gardell

Aristotle Kallis a.kallis@keele.ac.uk

Natalia Krzyżanowska

Cas Mudde

Jens Rydgren

Abstract

This position paper argues for an interdisciplinary agenda relating crises to on-going processes of normalization of anti- and post-democratic action. We call for exploring theoretically and empirically the ‘new normal’ logic introduced into public imagination on the back of various crises, including the recent ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe, COVID-19 pandemic, or the still ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gathering researchers of populism, extremism, discrimination, and other formats of anti- and post-democratic action, we propose investigating how, why, and under which conditions, discourses and practices underlying normalization processes re-emerge to challenge the liberal democratic order. We argue exploring the multiple variants of ‘the new normal’ related to crises, historically and more recently. We are interested in how and why these open pathways for politics of exclusion, inequality, xenophobia and other patterns of anti- and post-democratic action while deepening polarization and radicalization of society as well as propelling far-right politics and ideologies.

Citation

Krzyżanowski, M., Wodak, R., Bradby, H., Gardell, M., Kallis, A., Krzyżanowska, N., …Rydgren, J. (2023). Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’. Journal of Language and Politics, 22(4), 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23024.krz

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 23, 2023
Online Publication Date	Jul 17, 2023
Publication Date	2023-08
Deposit Date	Aug 1, 2023
Publicly Available Date	Aug 1, 2023
Journal	Journal of Language and Politics
Print ISSN	1569-2159
Electronic ISSN	1569-9862
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	22
Issue	4
Pages	415-437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23024.krz
Keywords	Linguistics and Language, Sociology and Political Science, History