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In:Metaphor, Nation and Discourse
Edited by Ljiljana Šarić and Mateusz-Milan Stanojević
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 82] 2019
► pp. 75–100

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Chapter 3
Godly Poland in godless Europe

Catholic-nationalist discourse in Poland after 2004

 | Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Published online: 20 May 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.82.04gom
Abstract
This chapter investigates Catholic-nationalist discourse in Poland after 2004 when the country joined the European Union, combining elements of the Discourse Historical Approach with a Cognitive Linguistics perspective. It focuses on conceptual metaphors for the Polish nation to demonstrate how they serve the Catholic Church in shaping Polish national identity in opposition to the common European project, and how the discourse in question is able to absorb the most significant national trauma in post-war Polish history – the Smoleńsk plane crash. Discursive practices aimed at shaping Polish national identity as a part of a broader European identity were examined by Krzyżanowski (2009) and Grimstad (2012). The discourse discussed in this chapter depicts these identities as incompatible and thus is “the other side of the coin” of the processes of conceptualizing Polish nationality after 2004.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Theoretical and methodological remarks
    • 2.1Conceptual metaphors for nations
    • 2.2The Discourse Historical Approach: Levels of discourse, macro-strategies, topoi/fallacies, means of realization
    • 2.3Catholic-nationalist discourseas political discourse
  • 3.Major features of the Catholic-nationalist discourse in Poland
    • 3.1Homily as the main genre of Catholic-nationalist discourse: The social level of the discourse
    • 3.2The Catholic media: The intertextual level of the discourse
    • 3.3The concept of Poland as chosen nation: the historical level of the discourse
    • 4.The poland is a person conceptual metaphor in Catholic-nationalist discourse: An analysis of the textual level of the discourse
    • 4.1Essentialist understanding, moral agency, and the inner “self” of the Polish nation
    • 4.2poland is a defender of the faith
    • 4.3poland is a missionary for europe
    • 4.4poland is a defender of europe attacked by islam
    • 4.5Interpretation of the Smoleńsk plane crash in Catholic-nationalist discourse
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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