Counter-hegemonic Struggles in Postsocialist Bulgaria: the 2013 Winter of Discontent
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2018
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University of Tartu Press
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This paper attempts to contribute to an understanding of power struggles in the post-socialist context of Bulgaria by way of examining the language of protests, which took place in 2013 in Bulgaria. It offers a critical discourse analysis and draws on the theoretical work of Antonio Gramsci and Ernst Bloch to suggest that these protests represented a counter-hegemonic attempt on the part of subaltern classes to challenge the liberal-capitalist discourse of the post-1989 transition by articulating a radical popular-national political identity.
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protests, popular mobilisation, post-socialism, Bulgaria, Antonio Gramsci, Ernst Bloch, hegemony, utopia, protestid, mobiliseerumine, post-sotsialism, Bulgaaria, hegemoonia, utoopia