Repressive moralism: World making and petty fascism in transgender politics
Journal article
Wagner, W. and Hayes, N. 2022. Repressive moralism: World making and petty fascism in transgender politics. Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-021-09670-4
Authors | Wagner, W. and Hayes, N. |
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Abstract | The past decade has seen a shift in the way that minorities exert their influence in society. Where in previous decades the emphasis was on winning the hearts and minds of the population at large, a recent strategy has been to ignore general public discourse and only to target specific influential bodies. In this paper we use the example of transgender issues to analyse the socio-psychological dimensions of this approach. We show how some groups promoting these issues eschew a wider social discourse and debate in the mass media, and how their strategy rests on a self-construction as victims of the hetero-normative society, with a concomitant appeal to moral rather than factual argumentation. This is combined with a programme of aggressive challenge to opponents through social media, and sometimes direct action, which effectively closes discussion on the topic. We conclude that these methods have much in common with the oppressive politics of fascist rule. [Abstract copyright: © 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.] |
Keywords | Victimisation; Tolerance; Transgender; Culture wars; Moralism; Communication |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science |
ISSN | 1936-3567 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-021-09670-4 |
Official URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12124-021-09670-4 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Jan 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 21 Nov 2021 |
Deposited | 24 Jan 2022 |
Output status | Published |
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