Right-Wing Populism and Political Instrumentalization of Religion

IF 0.4 0 RELIGION Journal of Religion in Europe Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI:10.1163/18748929-bja10052
Rita Marchetti, Nicola Righetti, Susanna Pagiotti, Anna Stanziano
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The study investigates the online debate sparked by the political instrumentalization of religious symbols by right-wing populist leaders, taking as a case study the campaign communication of Matteo Salvini—leader of the Italian “Lega” party—in the run-up to the 2018 and 2019 general and European elections. Against the backdrop of theories on populism, religious publicization and politicization in a social media context, the research analyzes over 2,000 Facebook posts referring to Salvini and religion by using a mixed computational and qualitative method including semi-automated frame analysis and correspondence analysis. Results show that right-wing populism is capable of successfully appropriating religious symbols and setting the agenda for religious topics on social media, even challenging the authority of traditional religious authorities on their own ground. By attacking the Church, defending the religious sentiment of the people, and opposing Christian identity to Islam, religion is effectively integrated into the populist worldview.
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右翼民粹主义与宗教的政治工具化
这项研究调查了右翼民粹主义领导人将宗教象征政治工具化引发的网上辩论,并以意大利“Lega”党领袖马泰奥·萨尔维尼在2018年和2019年大选和欧洲大选前夕的竞选沟通为例进行了研究。在社交媒体背景下的民粹主义、宗教公共化和政治化理论的背景下,该研究采用计算和定性相结合的方法,包括半自动框架分析和对应分析,分析了2000多条涉及萨尔维尼和宗教的脸书帖子。结果表明,右翼民粹主义能够成功地挪用宗教象征,并在社交媒体上为宗教话题制定议程,甚至在自己的基础上挑战传统宗教权威的权威。通过攻击教会,捍卫人民的宗教情绪,反对基督教对伊斯兰教的认同,宗教有效地融入了民粹主义世界观。
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期刊介绍: The peer-reviewed Journal of Religion in Europe (JRE) provides a forum for multi-disciplinary research into the complex dynamics of religious discourses and practices in Europe, both historically and contemporary. The Journal’s underlying idea is that religion in Europe is characterized by a variety of pluralisms. There is a pluralism of religious communities that actively engage with one another; there exists a pluralism of societal systems, such as nation, law, politics, economy, science, and art, all of them interacting with religious systems; finally, in a pluralism of scholarly discourses religious studies, legal studies, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology are addressing the religious dynamics involved.
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