Legitimization and the discursive (re)production of social domination: Case study of British political discourse and the Israeli occupation of Palestine

• Matthew Jacobson ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Athenea Digital: revista de pensamiento e investigación social, ISSN-e 1578-8946, Nº. 11, 2007
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n11.347
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  • Esta investigación se centra en los discursos y las estrategias usados por los representantes políticos británicos en la justificación del ¿apoyo¿ continuado al Gobierno israelí en la ocupación de Palestina. Gran Bretaña, como miembro de la usualmente denominada ¿alianza occidental¿, y ante la crítica internacional hacia la ocupación israelí, se ve obligada a justificar sus intereses en la región. Entre los meses de mayo a julio de 2004 se realizaron siete entrevistas a miembros del Parlamento británico y a un representante de un lobby pro-israelí de Londres en relación a los fundamentos de la posición del Gobierno británico sobre las prácticas de ocupación del gobierno israelí. La realización de un análisis crítico del discurso revela los temas ideológicos y discursivos dominantes que conforman los fundamentos de legitimación de la posición e implicaciones británicas en la región. Estos razonamientos son considerados como ideológicamente `necesarios' en la negociación de las contradicciones entre las identificaciones y las prácticas neoliberales. Tomando en consideración las controversias contemporáneas predominantes, la discusión destaca la necesidad de realizar un análisis ideológico y material para estudiar las (re)producciones discursivas occidentales de la dominación social.

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