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<p>The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between the besieged fortress syndrome, understood as a specific social engineering tool, and populism understood as a type of propaganda narrative. Particular attention has been paid here to the emotional aspect related to arousing the atmosphere of the siege. These are negative emotions, which in the siege syndrome are directed beyond the boundaries of the social system, and in the case of populism, negative emotions are directed towards the indicated intra-system entities. An important assumption is a thesis that negative emotions in both phenomena constitute only a starting point for arousing positive emotions towards the community subjected to socio-technical pressure, and above all, positive emotions that are supposed to create a strong bond between the political leader, the propaganda promoter of the threat, and their supporters or followers.</p>
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The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between the besieged fortress syndrome, understood as a specific social engineering tool, and populism understood as a type of propaganda narrative. Particular attention has been paid here to the emotional aspect related to arousing the atmosphere of the siege. These are negative emotions, which in the siege syndrome are directed beyond the boundaries of the social system, and in the case of populism, negative emotions are directed towards the indicated intra-system entities. An important assumption is a thesis that negative emotions in both phenomena constitute only a starting point for arousing positive emotions towards the community subjected to socio-technical pressure, and above all, positive emotions that are supposed to create a strong bond between the political leader, the propaganda promoter of the threat, and their supporters or followers.

Besieged fortress syndrome as an element in building the emotions of populism

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The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between the besieged fortress syndrome, understood as a specific social engineering tool, and populism...

Besieged fortress syndrome as an element in building the emotions of populism

Published Online: Jan 05, 2023

Page range: 117 - 130

Received: Oct 04, 2022

Accepted: Dec 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2022.6.4.07

Keywords
the syndrome of a besieged fortress, populism, social engineering of emotions, propaganda

© 2022 Jacek Ziółkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Besieged fortress syndrome as an element in building the emotions of populism

Published Online: Jan 05, 2023

Page range: 117 - 130

Received: Oct 04, 2022

Accepted: Dec 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2022.6.4.07

Keywordsthe syndrome of a besieged fortress, populism, social engineering of emotions, propaganda

© 2022 Jacek Ziółkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
the syndrome of a besieged fortress, populism, social engineering of emotions, propaganda