Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic

C 2024

Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic

MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra

Basic information

Original name

Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic

Authors

MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

London, Far-Right Newspeak and the Future of Liberal Democracy, p. 65-84, 20 pp. Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right, 2024

Publisher

Routledge

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-1-032-56626-9

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436737-6

Keywords in English

far right; liberalism; democracy; freedom; newspeak

Abstract

V originále

The chapter introduces Tomio Okamura, a Czech populist far-right politician who entered politics in 2012, a period of popular dissatisfaction with established political parties, and who offered a distinctive populist and nativist alternative to liberal democracy. Okamura may be less well known than his counterparts in countries like Hungary and Poland, but he has had notable success pursuing similar political objectives. This chapter begins by providing background on the Czech political landscape and Okamura’s emergence, before addressing Okamura’s use of the language of liberal democracy to camouflage nativist and far-right identity politics. Okamura uses the liberal language of freedom, especially free speech, in claiming to be a defender of liberal values. The chapter continues to show how Okamura seeks to recruit new supporters by drawing analogies between Czechoslovakia’s communist-era governments and the current Czech political establishment, casting both as enemies of democracy. He offers a vision of direct democracy that he promotes as genuine democracy, suggesting that his real aim in making these claims is not to support the Czech Republic’s democratic system, but to undermine it.

Links

MUNI/A/1488/2023, interní kód MU

Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Investor: Masaryk University, Current Issues in Political Science Research X.

Citovat

MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic. In A. James McAdams, Samuel Piccolo. Far-Right Newspeak and the Future of Liberal Democracy. London: Routledge, 2024, p. 65-84. Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. ISBN 978-1-032-56626-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436737-6.

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MLEJNKOVÁ, Petra. Far-Right Politics in the Czech Republic. In A. James McAdams, Samuel Piccolo. \textit{Far-Right Newspeak and the Future of Liberal Democracy}. London: Routledge, 2024, p.~65-84. Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. ISBN~978-1-032-56626-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436737-6.

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