Hate Speech in Socio-Political Discourse

Jazyk nenávisti v sociálno-politickom živote

Ekaterina BORISOVA

https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.28-35

 

Abstract. This study analyzes the phenomenon of hate in socio-political discourse, emphasizing the methodological distinction between hate (as a psychological attitude) and verbal aggression (as behaviour), thereby questioning their direct identification. The main section focuses on the historical precedent set by the 19th-century literary critic, Vissarion Belinsky. Under Tsarist censorship, Belinsky transformed his publicist criticism into an ideological instrument for social transformation. His "furious" and un-compromising language was shaped by a unique blend of personal psychological maximalism and political necessity. The paper argues that Belinsky established a lasting tradition in Russian culture of using hateful language as a legitimate polemical method. The de-canonization of this image is hindered by the enduring historical myth of Belinsky, which obscures the complexity of his personality and language—a phenomenon persisting to this day.

Keywords: language of hate, hate speech, Vissarion Belinsky, publicist criticism, censorship, verbal aggression, myth

Kľúčové slová: jazyk nenávisti, hate speech, Vissarion Belinskij, publicistická kritika, cenzúra, agresia, mýtus

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Language of the paper: Slovak

Online publication date: 23 December 2025

Pages: 28 – 35

 

ISBN: 978-80-225-5280-6 (online), 978-80-225-5279-0

ISSN: 2729-8973 (online), 2729-8981

Publisher: Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm

 

How to cite this conference proceedings paper (APA 7^th Edition):

Borisova, E. (2025). Jazyk nenávisti v sociálno-politickom živote. In R. Štefančík (Ed.), Jazyk a politika. Na pomedzí lingvistiky a politológie X (pp. 28–35). Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm. https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.28-35