European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press

Salomi Boukala is Adjunct Lecturer at Panteion University, Greece.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Kafka in ‘Fortress Europe’: The ‘Other’ within the walls.- Chapter 2. The construction of European identity: from nation state to the European Union.- Chapter 3. Mass Media and hegemonic knowledge: Gramsci and the representation of the ‘Other’.- Chapter 4. (Re)introducing the Aristotelian topos/topoi in the Discourse Historical Approach: Key methodological concepts.- 5 Greek media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’: From ‘Islamist Terrorism’ to ‘ISIS Terror’.- 6 British media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’.- Chapter 7. French media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’.- 8 Greek media discourse about Turkey’s accession to the European Union.- Chapter 9. British and French media discourse about Turkey’s accession to the European Union.- Chapter 10. The ‘Other’ in a Kafkasque Europe.