Thomas BRUN
@thmsbrun.bsky.social
MRes student in Comparative Politics at Sciences Po
Far right studies, Spanish poitics
Far right studies, Spanish poitics
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
... and by thanking Dr @julianmhoerner.bsky.social for making me adopt the mnemonic lens!
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
... and by thanking Dr @julianmhoerner.bsky.social for making me adopt the mnemonic lens!
📄 I'll end this post with a recommendation to read Marc Esteve-Del-Valle's and Julia Costa López's article on how Vox mobilised memory online during the 2019 elections - one of these works that you find so well constructed you wish you had written them yourself: doi.org/10.1080/2374... ...
Reconquest 2.0: the Spanish far right and the mobilization of historical memory during the 2019 elections
This paper brings together the literature on far right parties, medievalism and opinion leadership in order to more closely interrogate the memory politics of the far right. We address two broad qu...
doi.org
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📄 I'll end this post with a recommendation to read Marc Esteve-Del-Valle's and Julia Costa López's article on how Vox mobilised memory online during the 2019 elections - one of these works that you find so well constructed you wish you had written them yourself: doi.org/10.1080/2374... ...
💡 Some further exciting research could probably be done on how political actors (previous legislators included) discursively construct such oppositions and how they bridge them to their core ideological claims (i.e. territorially rooted nativism in the case of Vox).
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
💡 Some further exciting research could probably be done on how political actors (previous legislators included) discursively construct such oppositions and how they bridge them to their core ideological claims (i.e. territorially rooted nativism in the case of Vox).
The 12th of October has to be a day of reparation, not of celebration" (Telegram post, translation my own). Indeed, doesn't really make you want to party.
This is nonetheless a good example of how mnemonic (cultural) cleavages can impact contemporary politics.
This is nonetheless a good example of how mnemonic (cultural) cleavages can impact contemporary politics.
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 12th of October has to be a day of reparation, not of celebration" (Telegram post, translation my own). Indeed, doesn't really make you want to party.
This is nonetheless a good example of how mnemonic (cultural) cleavages can impact contemporary politics.
This is nonetheless a good example of how mnemonic (cultural) cleavages can impact contemporary politics.
🟣 Podemos' leader and former minister Ione Belarra (radical left), on the other end, argues that "Spain shouldn't celebrate as its National Day on the day which reminds of the genocide and pillaging of Latin American peoples. [end on next post]
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🟣 Podemos' leader and former minister Ione Belarra (radical left), on the other end, argues that "Spain shouldn't celebrate as its National Day on the day which reminds of the genocide and pillaging of Latin American peoples. [end on next post]
⚔️ But current political parties have different views on this
🟢 Vox's leader Santiago Abascal (far right) loves that day, and even congratulates "the Spaniards who are proud to be Spaniards" and who "honour their History" (X post, translation my own). You can already feel the 'cultural war' thing.
🟢 Vox's leader Santiago Abascal (far right) loves that day, and even congratulates "the Spaniards who are proud to be Spaniards" and who "honour their History" (X post, translation my own). You can already feel the 'cultural war' thing.
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
⚔️ But current political parties have different views on this
🟢 Vox's leader Santiago Abascal (far right) loves that day, and even congratulates "the Spaniards who are proud to be Spaniards" and who "honour their History" (X post, translation my own). You can already feel the 'cultural war' thing.
🟢 Vox's leader Santiago Abascal (far right) loves that day, and even congratulates "the Spaniards who are proud to be Spaniards" and who "honour their History" (X post, translation my own). You can already feel the 'cultural war' thing.
⚖️ The law n°18/1987, which was adopted by the Socialists and reaffirms the 12th of Oct as the National Day, says that it "symbolizes the historical anniversary on which Spain [...] begins a period of linguistic and cultural projection beyond the boundaries of Europe" - a pretty way of putting it ✨
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
⚖️ The law n°18/1987, which was adopted by the Socialists and reaffirms the 12th of Oct as the National Day, says that it "symbolizes the historical anniversary on which Spain [...] begins a period of linguistic and cultural projection beyond the boundaries of Europe" - a pretty way of putting it ✨
For those who might not know, this is the day on which Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492.
But I won't spend too much time defining it, since the most exciting part of this probably is... to see how political actors argue on how to frame it 💘.
But I won't spend too much time defining it, since the most exciting part of this probably is... to see how political actors argue on how to frame it 💘.
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For those who might not know, this is the day on which Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492.
But I won't spend too much time defining it, since the most exciting part of this probably is... to see how political actors argue on how to frame it 💘.
But I won't spend too much time defining it, since the most exciting part of this probably is... to see how political actors argue on how to frame it 💘.
Reposted by Thomas BRUN
In sum, we show that specialization on certain issues, as put forth in issue ownership theories, is rather exceptional. Tunnels of attention are the rule: parties permanently take up issues from each other. The emergence and dynamics of tunnels, we argue, should be looked at in depth. 8/8
November 28, 2024 at 9:04 AM
In sum, we show that specialization on certain issues, as put forth in issue ownership theories, is rather exceptional. Tunnels of attention are the rule: parties permanently take up issues from each other. The emergence and dynamics of tunnels, we argue, should be looked at in depth. 8/8