You are here

FAU Collections » FAU Research Repository » FAU Theses and Dissertations

NATO and the West - the discursive myths of salvation and conspiracy

Download pdf | Full Screen View

Date Issued:
2011
Summary:
This thesis provides a critical cultural analysis of the discursive myths of salvation and conspiracy, using as a case study the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the transition period in Romania, from 1989 to 2007. The study offers an answer to the questions: how do NATO myths change? Why and with what discursive implications for the Romanian audience? The thesis uses a combination of methodological tools from three different disciplines - history, mythology, and rhetoric - with the intent of showing how the Romanians' public attitudes toward NATO change in four different political contexts: during the integration period until Romania's admission into the alliance, during the Kosovo war, after 9/11 events and during the installation of NATO troops on Romanian territory. This study demonstrates that NATO myths are effective operational strategies that offer Romanians a sense of identity in the critical period of transition. The thesis also explains how NATO, as a carrier of Western values, helps the democratization of the Romanian public sphere and the reconstruction of a national identity based on democratic principles.
Title: NATO and the West - the discursive myths of salvation and conspiracy: a post-communist analysis of the Romanian case.
139 views
35 downloads
Name(s): Popescu, Daniela.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2011
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
Extent: vii, 155 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis provides a critical cultural analysis of the discursive myths of salvation and conspiracy, using as a case study the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the transition period in Romania, from 1989 to 2007. The study offers an answer to the questions: how do NATO myths change? Why and with what discursive implications for the Romanian audience? The thesis uses a combination of methodological tools from three different disciplines - history, mythology, and rhetoric - with the intent of showing how the Romanians' public attitudes toward NATO change in four different political contexts: during the integration period until Romania's admission into the alliance, during the Kosovo war, after 9/11 events and during the installation of NATO troops on Romanian territory. This study demonstrates that NATO myths are effective operational strategies that offer Romanians a sense of identity in the critical period of transition. The thesis also explains how NATO, as a carrier of Western values, helps the democratization of the Romanian public sphere and the reconstruction of a national identity based on democratic principles.
Identifier: 740469569 (oclc), 3172694 (digitool), FADT3172694 (IID), fau:3659 (fedora)
Note(s): by Daniela Popescu.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.
Includes bibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
Peaceful change (International relations)
Romania -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Held by: FBoU FAUER
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3172694
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU