Abstract
Following elections, processes of interpretation in the political discourse shape the meaning of elections. I draw from theories of democracy, time, and meaning to posit the concept of chrono-work, and suggest that creative construction of connections between past, present, and future horizons shape the meaning of an election, and that this process is critical for the democratic meaning of elections. With a qualitative analysis of media discourse in two case studies - the 1949 and the 1988 Israeli elections - I show that when these connections form a chronological narrative, an election obtains a democratic meaning, whereas when the narrative is non-chronological, an election's democratic meaning is challenged. I discuss the implications for the role of creative time for the democratic role of elections.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Time Representations in the Perspective of Human Creativity |
Editors | Anna Piata, Adriana Gordejuela, Daniel Alcaraz Carrion |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 81-98 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027257413 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Publication series
Name | Human Cognitive Processing |
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Volume | 75 |
ISSN (Print) | 1387-6724 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Funding
The author would like to thank Michal Shamir, Eyal Chowers, and Yaron Ezrahi, Frederic C. Schaffer, Joshua F. Dienstag, and Melvin L. Rogers for their insightful reading of this work along its different stages; to the Tel Aviv University School of Political Science, Governance, and International Relations and the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies for their support in this study; the panelists, discussants, and participants in the conferences in which different parts of this work were presented for their helpful comments; and to the anonymous reviewers and the editors of this edited volume for their thorough reading and suggestions.
Funders | Funder number |
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International Relations | |
UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies | |
Tel Aviv University |
Keywords
- Israel
- chrono-work
- election interpretation
- narrative