| Strategic action . | Whose feelings matter . | Ascribed feeling . | Objective . | Discursive means . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Fear mongering | Self/in-group | Fear | Securitization. Legitimize and promote negative feelings on an issue to mobilize the population for support for the implementation of emergency measures | (Re)construct a homogenous (fearing) in-group identity; construct an other as an existential threat and object of fear |
| (b) Accusing | Other/out-group | Hate/fear | (De)securitization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issue | Desecuritize a particular issue in conjunction with constructing (and sometimes securitizing) a hateful other |
| (c) Excusing | Self/in-group | Fear/anxiety | Securitization. Legitimize negative feelings and implicitly condone hateful behavior and violent action against an other; mobilize the population around an issue | Secure the self/in-group’s positive self-conception, justify, and rationalize hate and hateful behavior |
| (d) Condemning | Self/in-group | Hate | Descuritization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issues | Distance the self or in-group from certain behaviors and positions; protect the self/in-group against its own negative impulses |
| (e) Obscuring | - | None | Depoliticization. Silencing and/or repressing certain feelings; normalizing the status quo and certain forms of violence | Neglecting and downplaying certain feelings and/or feelings of certain groups |
| Strategic action . | Whose feelings matter . | Ascribed feeling . | Objective . | Discursive means . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Fear mongering | Self/in-group | Fear | Securitization. Legitimize and promote negative feelings on an issue to mobilize the population for support for the implementation of emergency measures | (Re)construct a homogenous (fearing) in-group identity; construct an other as an existential threat and object of fear |
| (b) Accusing | Other/out-group | Hate/fear | (De)securitization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issue | Desecuritize a particular issue in conjunction with constructing (and sometimes securitizing) a hateful other |
| (c) Excusing | Self/in-group | Fear/anxiety | Securitization. Legitimize negative feelings and implicitly condone hateful behavior and violent action against an other; mobilize the population around an issue | Secure the self/in-group’s positive self-conception, justify, and rationalize hate and hateful behavior |
| (d) Condemning | Self/in-group | Hate | Descuritization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issues | Distance the self or in-group from certain behaviors and positions; protect the self/in-group against its own negative impulses |
| (e) Obscuring | - | None | Depoliticization. Silencing and/or repressing certain feelings; normalizing the status quo and certain forms of violence | Neglecting and downplaying certain feelings and/or feelings of certain groups |
| Strategic action . | Whose feelings matter . | Ascribed feeling . | Objective . | Discursive means . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Fear mongering | Self/in-group | Fear | Securitization. Legitimize and promote negative feelings on an issue to mobilize the population for support for the implementation of emergency measures | (Re)construct a homogenous (fearing) in-group identity; construct an other as an existential threat and object of fear |
| (b) Accusing | Other/out-group | Hate/fear | (De)securitization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issue | Desecuritize a particular issue in conjunction with constructing (and sometimes securitizing) a hateful other |
| (c) Excusing | Self/in-group | Fear/anxiety | Securitization. Legitimize negative feelings and implicitly condone hateful behavior and violent action against an other; mobilize the population around an issue | Secure the self/in-group’s positive self-conception, justify, and rationalize hate and hateful behavior |
| (d) Condemning | Self/in-group | Hate | Descuritization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issues | Distance the self or in-group from certain behaviors and positions; protect the self/in-group against its own negative impulses |
| (e) Obscuring | - | None | Depoliticization. Silencing and/or repressing certain feelings; normalizing the status quo and certain forms of violence | Neglecting and downplaying certain feelings and/or feelings of certain groups |
| Strategic action . | Whose feelings matter . | Ascribed feeling . | Objective . | Discursive means . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Fear mongering | Self/in-group | Fear | Securitization. Legitimize and promote negative feelings on an issue to mobilize the population for support for the implementation of emergency measures | (Re)construct a homogenous (fearing) in-group identity; construct an other as an existential threat and object of fear |
| (b) Accusing | Other/out-group | Hate/fear | (De)securitization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issue | Desecuritize a particular issue in conjunction with constructing (and sometimes securitizing) a hateful other |
| (c) Excusing | Self/in-group | Fear/anxiety | Securitization. Legitimize negative feelings and implicitly condone hateful behavior and violent action against an other; mobilize the population around an issue | Secure the self/in-group’s positive self-conception, justify, and rationalize hate and hateful behavior |
| (d) Condemning | Self/in-group | Hate | Descuritization. Delegitimize negative feelings and demobilize the population around an issues | Distance the self or in-group from certain behaviors and positions; protect the self/in-group against its own negative impulses |
| (e) Obscuring | - | None | Depoliticization. Silencing and/or repressing certain feelings; normalizing the status quo and certain forms of violence | Neglecting and downplaying certain feelings and/or feelings of certain groups |
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