ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the discursive construction of fear, crises, threat and dangerous Others in Pauline Hanson’s populist political communication from 2016–2018. Specifically, it looks at how a politics of fear manifests through the construction of Islam and Muslims as Others who pose an existential threat to Australia’s security and ‘culture’. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, this paper examines the way in which discursive strategies and other linguistic devices are used purposefully in order to serve Hanson’s right-wing populist agenda. This paper argues that Hanson is emblematic of both liberal and illiberal Islamophobia and that she strategically draws on liberal critiques of Islam to justify draconian policies such as immigration bans and restrictions on religious freedoms. Underpinning this research is the belief that populist communication is consequential and must be examined for a holistic understanding of the populist phenomenon.

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“淹没”：Pauline Hanson在参议院演讲中的民粹主义对恐惧，危机和危险他人的建构

摘要本文认真研究了波琳·汉森（Pauline Hanson）2016-2018年民粹主义政治传播中对恐惧，危机，威胁和危险他人的话语建构。具体来说，它着眼于如何通过将伊斯兰教和穆斯林建设为对澳大利亚的安全和“文化”构成生存威胁的其他人，来构建恐惧政治。借助批判性话语分析，本文研究了有目的地使用话语策略和其他语言手段以服务于汉森右翼民粹主义议程的方式。本文认为，汉森既是自由主义的又是自由主义的伊斯兰恐惧症的象征，她从战略上借鉴了对伊斯兰教的自由主义批判，以证明严厉的政策，例如移民禁令和对宗教自由的限制。