Dr Marja Vuorinen is a Researcher in the Department of Political and Economic Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has authored several articles and a book about historical enemy images and historical cases of hate speech, particularly as they appear in political propaganda. Her current research focuses on the interplay of self-images and enemy-images in identity construction, and on the complex role of aggressive rhetoric vis-à-vis political violence.
3 Ebooks by Marja Vuorinen
Noora Kotilainen & Marja Vuorinen: Binaries in Battle
Defining things through binary opposition – male/female, familiar/foreign, life/death – forms the base of human thinking. Adding moral assessment to logic, we often represent binaries even as divisio …
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€98.88
Marja Vuorinen: Enemy Images in War Propaganda
In the post 9/11 world, the emotionally charged concepts of identity and ideology, enmity and political violence have once again become household words. Contrary to the serene assumptions of the earl …
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€65.25
Noora Kotilainen & Tuomas Kuronen: Regime Changes in 20th Century Europe
In retrospect, historical change often appears to be both logical and inevitable. Yet, as a process, as a series of moments, it is by nature open-ended. The protagonists are unaware of the potential …
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€119.43
