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Nikolaev, I. V.
Verbal Symbols in the Structure
of Political Ideology
// Politics and Society.
2013. № 12.
P. 1499-1504.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=54168
Nikolaev, I. V. Verbal Symbols in the Structure
of Political Ideology
Abstract:
Political ideologies that are usually aimed at reaching the highest level of electoral support have lost the
uniqueness of their concepts of the ideal political future. The modern ideological concepts have no clear definitions
and simply create the discursive background for political actions. Clear definitions are replaced with terms with an average
life span that are aimed at performance of mobilizing and integrating functions under the conditions of changing
political environment. The author of the article assumes that domination of such ‘verbal symbols’ lead to final degradation
of ideology as a stable system of world views and simplify it to a set of technological tools for maintaining
status quo or implementation of particular projects. The purpose of this research is to develop a theoretical model for
analyzing verbal political symbols which could be used in Russian political environment. Analysis of verbal political
symbols is based on the post-Marxian theory of discourse as introduced by Laclau and Chantal Mouffe as well as the
idea about Laswell’s ‘key symbols’. The research is aimed at attracting attention of Russian political analysts to the
theory of ‘verbal political symbols’ developed by American researchers. Being initially an ‘empty sign’, verbal symbol
acquires a meaning depending on the needs of the political environmentand therefore it is instable and constantly
changing. Ideology that is based on verbal symbols does not have a steady content and serves as a communication mobilizing
technology. Thetheoreticalmodel offered by the author of the article can be used in analysis of modern political
ideologies, election programs, discourse of political leaders and etc.
Keywords:
ideology, symbolization, verbal, political, symbol, environment, post-Marxian theory of discourse, empty signs, motto, stability, unity, Putin.
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