The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech
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Resumo: | This article applies Bakhtinian dialogism and the concept of centripetal-centrifugal struggle to critical discourse studies to analyse how powerful and marginalised discourses are brought into competition in political language to justify paradigm changes. I analyse German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende (‘watershed’) speech, which he gave as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announcing a radical armament programme and change in foreign policy, a paradigm shift that had previously been unthinkable in German politics. Based on a qualitative analysis using the Appraisal Theory strategies Attitude and Engagement, I identify how Scholz aligns himself with particular powerful discourses, centring some powerful ones and marginalising others, constructing an existential threat for Germany, the so-called watershed, a new situation which casts his policies of German armament as without alternative. The paper demonstrates the strength of the analysis of dialogically contractive and expansive strategies in critical discourse studies. |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende SpeechLa construcción discursiva de una nueva realidad en el discurso Zeitenwende de Olaf ScholzA construção discursiva de uma nova realidade no discurso Zeitenwende de Olaf ScholzDialogismPolitical discourseDiscursive strugglePowerDialogic contractionDialogismodiscurso políticoluta discursivapodercontração dialógicaThis article applies Bakhtinian dialogism and the concept of centripetal-centrifugal struggle to critical discourse studies to analyse how powerful and marginalised discourses are brought into competition in political language to justify paradigm changes. I analyse German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende (‘watershed’) speech, which he gave as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announcing a radical armament programme and change in foreign policy, a paradigm shift that had previously been unthinkable in German politics. Based on a qualitative analysis using the Appraisal Theory strategies Attitude and Engagement, I identify how Scholz aligns himself with particular powerful discourses, centring some powerful ones and marginalising others, constructing an existential threat for Germany, the so-called watershed, a new situation which casts his policies of German armament as without alternative. The paper demonstrates the strength of the analysis of dialogically contractive and expansive strategies in critical discourse studies.Este artigo aplica o dialogismo bakhtiniano e o conceito de luta centrípeta-centrífuga a estudos de discurso crítico para analisar o quão poderosos e marginalizados discursos são trazidos à concorrência na linguagem política para justificar mudanças de paradigma. Analiso o discurso Zeitenwende ("início de uma era") do chanceler alemão Olaf Scholz, que ele deu como resposta à invasão russa da Ucrânia, anunciando um programa radical de armamento e uma mudança na política externa, uma mudança de paradigma que antes era impensável na política alemã. Com base em uma análise qualitativa utilizando as estratégias da Teoria da Avaliação Atitude e Engajamento, identifico como Scholz se alinha a discursos particulares e poderosos, centrado em alguns poderosos e marginalizando outros, construindo uma ameaça existencial para a Alemanha, o chamado início de uma era, uma nova situação que lança suas políticas de armamento alemão como sem alternativa. O artigo demonstra a força da análise de estratégias dialogicamente contrativas e expansivas em estudos de discurso crítico.SciELO PreprintsSciELO PreprintsSciELO Preprints2022-03-25info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/385210.1590/SciELOPreprints.3852enghttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/article/view/3852/7190Copyright (c) 2022 Mario Bisiadahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBisiada, Marioreponame:SciELO Preprintsinstname:SciELOinstacron:SCI2022-03-25T17:33:06Zoai:ops.preprints.scielo.org:preprint/3852Servidor de preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scieloONGhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/oaiscielo.submission@scielo.orgopendoar:2022-03-25T17:33:06SciELO Preprints - SciELOfalse |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech La construcción discursiva de una nueva realidad en el discurso Zeitenwende de Olaf Scholz A construção discursiva de uma nova realidade no discurso Zeitenwende de Olaf Scholz |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech Bisiada, Mario Dialogism Political discourse Discursive struggle Power Dialogic contraction Dialogismo discurso político luta discursiva poder contração dialógica |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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The Discursive Construction of a New Reality in Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende Speech |
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Bisiada, Mario |
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Bisiada, Mario |
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Bisiada, Mario |
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Dialogism Political discourse Discursive struggle Power Dialogic contraction Dialogismo discurso político luta discursiva poder contração dialógica |
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Dialogism Political discourse Discursive struggle Power Dialogic contraction Dialogismo discurso político luta discursiva poder contração dialógica |
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This article applies Bakhtinian dialogism and the concept of centripetal-centrifugal struggle to critical discourse studies to analyse how powerful and marginalised discourses are brought into competition in political language to justify paradigm changes. I analyse German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende (‘watershed’) speech, which he gave as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announcing a radical armament programme and change in foreign policy, a paradigm shift that had previously been unthinkable in German politics. Based on a qualitative analysis using the Appraisal Theory strategies Attitude and Engagement, I identify how Scholz aligns himself with particular powerful discourses, centring some powerful ones and marginalising others, constructing an existential threat for Germany, the so-called watershed, a new situation which casts his policies of German armament as without alternative. The paper demonstrates the strength of the analysis of dialogically contractive and expansive strategies in critical discourse studies. |
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