This article embodies the result of a collective work that seeks to understand the manner in whic... more This article embodies the result of a collective work that seeks to understand the manner in which the notion of conflict is transformed by the attempt to apply it to reality, according to the doctrines hereby comprise as " ontologies of conflict " (from Heraclitus to Hegel, from Nietzsche to Schmitt). It seems that there are three resulting " logics of conflict " which may receive the following qualifications: logic of contradiction, logic of contrariety and logic of difference.
In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries ... more In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries with a low level of civil activism, in 2013, it witnessed the largest wave of protests in its post-communist history. This article seeks to find out what caused the Romanian Autumn – as these protests have been called – by analysing it in the context of the anti-austerity, anti-capitalist, and/or environmentalist world protests and the political opportunity structure related to the domestic framework. The latter is investigated by taking into consideration: (a) the tensions between the political actors; (b) the political support for the corporative activity against the public will; and (c) the biased campaign conducted by foreign corporations, mainstream media, and political authorities in favour of the exploitation without any prior public debate.
The 2013 protests in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania embodied the discontent and the disapproval of... more The 2013 protests in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania embodied the discontent and the disapproval of the citizens in the streets, against the domestic political authorities. Due to their similar recent histories and their geographical proximities, I propose a comparative analysis of the 2013 wave of uprisings in the three countries. Which are the ideological resources of the relative synchronicity of these protests? Are the ideological stakes of these uprisings " imported " from the simultaneous Western ones or the direct response to the domestic politics? The aim of my paper consists in answering to these questions and thus, highlighting the proportion in which on one hand, there are certain ideological recurrences (e.g. the Occupy movements) in the social movements from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania and on the other, the domestic context shaped their specific deployment. From a methodological point of view, I structured my paper in order to stress out, in a comparative manner, the elements which characterized the 2013 protests in the two countries which share a common border with Romania, on the Western and the Southern sides. Thus, the first part concentrates on a so-called presentation of the facts by determining the recent historical framework of their evolution, while the second underlines the ideological stakes of the protests in respect to two dimensions: a) an external one-the similarities between them and the Occupy movement; b) an internal one – their response to the domestic political opportunity structure. The analysis uses secondary sources, more precisely online articles and posts appeared in international coverage journals and national websites in English related to Bulgaria and Hungary. I tried to be consistent with similar sources also in the Romanian case, with few exceptions, the cases where it was almost impossible to find the necessary information in any other language than Romanian. 1. The 2013 protests in their national contexts By analyzing the online coverage of the protests in the international journals, I intend to highlight the domestic evolution of the events in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The purpose of this rather descriptive part of the paper consists in familiarizing the reader with the general deployment of the protests and the presentation of the political context which faced the public revolt and resistance.
In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries ... more In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries with a low level of civil activism, in 2013, it witnessed the largest wave of protests in its post-communist history. This article seeks to find out what caused the Romanian Autumn – as these protests have been called – by analysing it in the context of the anti-austerity, anti-capitalist, and/or environmentalist world protests and the political opportunity structure related to the domestic framework. The latter is investigated by taking into consideration: (a) the tensions between the political actors; (b) the political support for the corporative activity against the public will; and (c) the biased campaign conducted by foreign corporations, mainstream media, and political authorities in favour of the exploitation without any prior public debate.
Désigné comme mot de l’année 2017 par le dictionnaire Collins, l’expression « fake news » semble ... more Désigné comme mot de l’année 2017 par le dictionnaire Collins, l’expression « fake news » semble connaitre une popularité et des développements sans borne chez les acteurs médiatiques et politiques dominants et, à la faveur notamment de ses usages trumpiens, parmi les sites dit de « ré-information » tels que Infowar, Egalité & réconciliation ou TV Libertés.
This article embodies the result of a collective work that seeks to understand the manner in whic... more This article embodies the result of a collective work that seeks to understand the manner in which the notion of conflict is transformed by the attempt to apply it to reality, according to the doctrines hereby comprise as " ontologies of conflict " (from Heraclitus to Hegel, from Nietzsche to Schmitt). It seems that there are three resulting " logics of conflict " which may receive the following qualifications: logic of contradiction, logic of contrariety and logic of difference.
In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries ... more In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries with a low level of civil activism, in 2013, it witnessed the largest wave of protests in its post-communist history. This article seeks to find out what caused the Romanian Autumn – as these protests have been called – by analysing it in the context of the anti-austerity, anti-capitalist, and/or environmentalist world protests and the political opportunity structure related to the domestic framework. The latter is investigated by taking into consideration: (a) the tensions between the political actors; (b) the political support for the corporative activity against the public will; and (c) the biased campaign conducted by foreign corporations, mainstream media, and political authorities in favour of the exploitation without any prior public debate.
The 2013 protests in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania embodied the discontent and the disapproval of... more The 2013 protests in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania embodied the discontent and the disapproval of the citizens in the streets, against the domestic political authorities. Due to their similar recent histories and their geographical proximities, I propose a comparative analysis of the 2013 wave of uprisings in the three countries. Which are the ideological resources of the relative synchronicity of these protests? Are the ideological stakes of these uprisings " imported " from the simultaneous Western ones or the direct response to the domestic politics? The aim of my paper consists in answering to these questions and thus, highlighting the proportion in which on one hand, there are certain ideological recurrences (e.g. the Occupy movements) in the social movements from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania and on the other, the domestic context shaped their specific deployment. From a methodological point of view, I structured my paper in order to stress out, in a comparative manner, the elements which characterized the 2013 protests in the two countries which share a common border with Romania, on the Western and the Southern sides. Thus, the first part concentrates on a so-called presentation of the facts by determining the recent historical framework of their evolution, while the second underlines the ideological stakes of the protests in respect to two dimensions: a) an external one-the similarities between them and the Occupy movement; b) an internal one – their response to the domestic political opportunity structure. The analysis uses secondary sources, more precisely online articles and posts appeared in international coverage journals and national websites in English related to Bulgaria and Hungary. I tried to be consistent with similar sources also in the Romanian case, with few exceptions, the cases where it was almost impossible to find the necessary information in any other language than Romanian. 1. The 2013 protests in their national contexts By analyzing the online coverage of the protests in the international journals, I intend to highlight the domestic evolution of the events in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The purpose of this rather descriptive part of the paper consists in familiarizing the reader with the general deployment of the protests and the presentation of the political context which faced the public revolt and resistance.
In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries ... more In spite of earlier research that pointed at Romania as being one of the East European countries with a low level of civil activism, in 2013, it witnessed the largest wave of protests in its post-communist history. This article seeks to find out what caused the Romanian Autumn – as these protests have been called – by analysing it in the context of the anti-austerity, anti-capitalist, and/or environmentalist world protests and the political opportunity structure related to the domestic framework. The latter is investigated by taking into consideration: (a) the tensions between the political actors; (b) the political support for the corporative activity against the public will; and (c) the biased campaign conducted by foreign corporations, mainstream media, and political authorities in favour of the exploitation without any prior public debate.
Désigné comme mot de l’année 2017 par le dictionnaire Collins, l’expression « fake news » semble ... more Désigné comme mot de l’année 2017 par le dictionnaire Collins, l’expression « fake news » semble connaitre une popularité et des développements sans borne chez les acteurs médiatiques et politiques dominants et, à la faveur notamment de ses usages trumpiens, parmi les sites dit de « ré-information » tels que Infowar, Egalité & réconciliation ou TV Libertés.
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