Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalisation (International Library of Political Studies)

Contents......Page 6
Myths for a New Millenium: An Introduction (Edward Timms)......Page 10
'If I Ruled the World': National Interest and Global Responsibility in American Foreign Policy (Stephen Burman)......Page 24
A Global Master Plan? The American Far Right and The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (Martin Durham)......Page 36
Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse (James Miller)......Page 48
Mystification in the Media from 'Ritual Murder' to the 'War on Terrorism' (John Theobald)......Page 64
Holocaust Denial in the United Kingdom (Michael Whine)......Page 78
The British Media and the Far Right (Gerry Gable and Chana Moshenka)......Page 92
Strangers in Our Midst: Letters to the Editor in a Swedish Local Newspaper (Bo Petersson)......Page 106
Patriotism or Nationalism? German Notions of Political Normality since 1990 (Franziska Augstein)......Page 118
Germany's New Right (Jan Herman Brinks)......Page 134
Rudolf Hess as a 'Martyr for Germany': The Reinterpretation of Historical Figures in Nationalist Discourse (Thomas Dorfler and Andreas Klarner)......Page 148
The Holocaust and Infotainment: An Analysis of Guido Knopp's Television Series Holokaust (Michael Elm)......Page 162
Whose Burden? The Significance of the Israel-Palestine Conflict in German Identity Politics (Antje Schuhmann)......Page 172
The Austrian Tabloid Neue Kronen Zeitung and Its Campaign against Those Who 'Foul Their Own Nest' (Lisa El Refaie)......Page 182
Modern Russian Nationalism on Television and Radio as a Reflection of Political Discourse (Sergei Zassorin)......Page 196
'Hate Speech' in the Media: Monitoring Prejudice in the Russian Press (Tanya Lokshina)......Page 210
Making Virtual (Non)sense of the Past: Russian Nationalist Interpretations of Twentieth-century History on the Internet (Francis King)......Page 224
Holy Russia versus the Fallen World: Conservative Orthodox Mythologies in Contemporary Russia (Alexander Verkhovsky)......Page 238
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the Myth of a Jewish Conspiracy in Post-Soviet Russia (Michael Hagemeister)......Page 252
Rasputin the New: Mythologies of Sanctity in Post-Soviet Russia (Stella Rock)......Page 266
Notes on Contributors......Page 280
Index of Names......Page 284