Discursive Regimes of Democratic Decline

Lara Martin Lengel is Professor of Communication and Media Studies in the School of Media and Communication and affiliate faculty in International Studies at Bowling Green State University, USA.Victoria A. Newsom is Professor of Communication Studies and affiliate faculty in Diversity and Social Justice at Olympic College, USA.Desiree A. Montenegro is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Palo Verde College and an affiliate instructor in the Rising Scholars Network for incarcerated students with Palo Verde College via the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, USA.

A daring book which addresses the timely and pressing challenge of authoritarianism, and the modes of resistance to authoritarianism, across multiple regions, disciplines, and faith traditions. Through a number of fascinating contributions from across the world, it tackles the significant yet understudied role which religio-enthnonationalism plays in these complex contemporary phenomena. A must-read!

• AcknowledgementsForewordPriya Kapoor (Portland State University, USA)Introduction: Discursive Regimes in the Age of Religio-Ethnonationalisms, Authoritarianisms, and ResistanceVictoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA), Lara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA), and Desiree Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA)Section I: Discursive Amnesia and Religio-Ethnonationalisms1. Theorizing Discursive Amnesia and Religio-EthnonationalismsLara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA), Victoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA), and Desiree A. Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA)2. Contested Histories and Ethno-Nationalism: Colonial Knowledge, Historical Mythmaking, and the Rise of Hindutva in IndiaJyoti Mohan (University of Maryland, USA)3. Invoking an Unhealed Past: Trauma, Memory and Biafra Resurgence, 1999–2023Nnaemeka Enemchukwu (Southern Illinois University, USA) and Ngozika Obi-Ani (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)4. Faith, Nation, and Nature: Religious Environmentalism and the Politics of Belonging in the Global SouthJisha Jacob (Bowling Green State University, USA), Julia Asamoa (University of Miami, USA), and Falilatu Saaka (Bowling Green State University, USA)Section II: Discursive Amnesty in Response to Religio-Ethnonationalisms5. Theorizing Discursive Amnesty and Religio-EthnonationalismsDesiree A. Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA), Lara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA), and Victoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA)6. Discursive Amnesia, Discursive Amnesty, Religio-Ethnonationalism, and Imperialistic MissionsLeela Mogadam (University of Missouri, USA)7. “We Need to Pray for Our Country”: Virtue Signalling and Christian Nationalist Sympathy in White Evangelical CultureMark Ward Sr. (Texas A&M University-Victoria, USA)8. Discursive Amnesty and the Performance of Democracy in North MacedoniaLinda Ziberi, Artan Limani (both RIT Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo), and Adora Limani (Brown University, USA)Section III: Discursive Cleansing as Religio-Ethnonationalism9. Theorizing Discursive Cleansing and Religio-EthnonationalismsVictoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA), Desiree A. Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA), and Lara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA)10. The Rise of Antisemitism and Extremist Political IdeologyStacy Gallin (Emory University, USA)11. The Pedagogy of Forgetting: How Christian Nationalist Curricula Produces Discursive CleansingMarianne Vanderbeke (Bowling Green State University, USA)12. Contextual Democracy Beyond Binary Opposites: Dialogical Islam and the Post-Essentialist TurnMohsen Abbaszadeh Marzbali (University of Mazandaran, Iran)Section IV: Discursive Resistance to Religio-Ethnonationalisms13: Theorizing Discursive Resistance to Religio-EthnonationalismsDesiree A. Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA), Victoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA), and Lara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA)14. Creating a Shared Identity: Civil Society Resistance to Cypriot EthnonationalismMark Barrow (University of Cambridge, UK)15. Yogic Resistance: Swami Vivekananda and the Rhetoric of TranscendenceCandice L. Ruh and Leslie J. Harris (both University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)16. Ethno-Religious Nationalism: Advancing or Impeding Women’s Rights in Malaysia?(Alicia Lee, Independent Scholar, USA)17. Neo-Nazi Celebration and Fascist Critique: Radical Religio-Ethnonationalism and Resistance in Balkan Rock Christian Vukasovich (University of Southern Maine, USA)Conclusion: Identity, Resistance, and Democratization in the Age of EthnonationalismLara Martin Lengel (Bowling Green State University, USA), Desiree A. Montenegro (Palo Verde College, USA), and Victoria A. Newsom (Olympic College in Bremerton, USA)IndexAbout the Contributors