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In the wake of the Danish cartoon crisis, Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali defended the right to offend against an allegedly hegemonic, “multiculturalist” obligation not to offend that she believed made it impossible to criticize Islam. After... more
In this chapter, we analyse political cartoons that depict Geert Wilders metaphorically, expecting thereby to chart this politician’s image in a highly visible media genre. We aim to formulate answers to the following questions: (a) How... more
Socialism has managed to achieve in Western countries the control of the thought of the masses. The politically correct got us there where the Soviets failed.
The radical right parties in Western Europe has increased and popularized since 1980’s. In Netherlands the radical right parties’ popularity started on early 2000. In France, Belgium, Austria it has effected many people’s voting behavior... more
Het boek theocratie en populisme in de serie biblebelt studies lijkt relevant te zijn voor de lezers van In het Spoor, maar bij nader inzien blijkt dat toch nauwelijks zo te zijn. Over de theocratie biedt het boek heel weinig en op het... more
This chapter presents a comparative metaphor analysis of three politicians’ speeches with a different political style, in order to clarify differences in the metaphors by relating them to the political style of the speeches. The speeches... more
Vlak na de terreuraanslagen van 9/11 was Geert Wilders te gast bij het televisieprogramma Barend en Van Dorp. Wilders, toen nog kamerlid voor de VVD, nam stelling tegen de anti-islampolitiek van de rechtspopulist Pim Fortuyn. 'In... more
The interview was conducted within the framework of the POPULISMUS research project on 26 September 2014 at the University of Groningen. The transcript of the interview has been edited for publication, with the agreement of Professor... more
In 2007, the goal of the public prosecutor was to bring me to trial. What I brought to trial was a representation of politics as such; a truth in the form of a living martyr yet un-coded within the law of the state. The evidence of this... more
In this paper I claim that in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders and his Party For Freedom are more than the prototype of contemporary fascism.
In dit hoofdstuk ga ik in op mijn drijfveren om deel te nemen aan het islamdebat in Nederland en beschrijf ik een aantal debatten waar ik aan deelnam.
Dit boek vindt haar oorsprong in het roemruchte debat dat in januari 2017 plaatsvond in theater De Balie in Amster-dam. Zeventien auteurs, waaronder wijzelf, hadden meege-schreven aan de bundel Waarom haten ze ons eigenlijk (2016,... more
Le socialisme a réussi à contrôler la pensée des masses dans les pays occidentaux en utilisant les libertés démocratiques. Le politiquement correct a gagné là où les Soviétiques ont échoué.