Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz
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Roman Widder
Abstract
This article explores the terms Pöbel/pöbelnin early modern and contemporary public events. Turning to sources from the 16th and 17th centuries, Pöbel can be characterised as full and semidirect invective, which is typical for crises of legitimation in political discourse and can result in structural or involuntary invectives of the public itself. The second part of the paper analyses the current use of the word in recent political events, which can be understood along the same terms. The diachronic development from invective (Pöbel) to metainvective (pöbeln) indicates a stabilizing function that metainvective speech can possess. In situations of metainvective resonance the involuntary invective of the public reactualises the hegemonic structure of the public sphere against its destabilisation by various agents.
Abstract
This article explores the terms Pöbel/pöbelnin early modern and contemporary public events. Turning to sources from the 16th and 17th centuries, Pöbel can be characterised as full and semidirect invective, which is typical for crises of legitimation in political discourse and can result in structural or involuntary invectives of the public itself. The second part of the paper analyses the current use of the word in recent political events, which can be understood along the same terms. The diachronic development from invective (Pöbel) to metainvective (pöbeln) indicates a stabilizing function that metainvective speech can possess. In situations of metainvective resonance the involuntary invective of the public reactualises the hegemonic structure of the public sphere against its destabilisation by various agents.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
