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One ring to rule them all: Master discourses of enlightenment-and racism-from colonial to contemporary New Zealand.
- Source :
- European Journal of Social Psychology; Mar2016, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p137-155, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We interrogated historical continuity and change in discourses of enlightenment and racism through the analysis of 160 years of New Zealand Speeches from the Throne (1854-2014, 163 speeches). Enlightenment discourses of benevolence and perfectibility were prevalent in all periods, much more so than racism. 'Old-fashioned' racism took the form of an assumed civilizational superiority (including accusations of 'barbarism') during colonization, with 'modern' racism taking forms like blaming Māori for not 'productively' using the land. Both declined to almost zero by the 20th century, undermining the idea of 'old-fashioned' versus 'modern' racism. Utilitarian discourses peaked in the late 19th to early 20th centuries as justification for Māori land alienation. 'Master discourses of enlightenment' consisted of a central core of social representations that changed at the periphery, with a gradual expansion of symbolic inclusion of Māori in discourses of national identity to the point where biculturalism is the dominant discourse for elites today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONTENT analysis
CULTURE
DISCOURSE analysis
ECONOMICS
ETHNIC groups
MAORI (New Zealand people)
CASE studies
PRACTICAL politics
PROBABILITY theory
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC administration
RACISM
RESPONSIBILITY
MATHEMATICAL variables
THEORY
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00462772
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115561540
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2141