Author： Bauder Harald
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1469-9907
Source： National Identities, Vol.11, Iss.3, 2009-09, pp. : 263-280
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Abstract
Immigration can be an important component in the formation of national identity. I draw on Hegelian dialectics to interpret media debate of the recent German immigration law and the role of humanitarian immigration in constructing Germany's national identity. A discourse analysis examines 609 articles published in five daily newspapers between 2001 and 2005. The media represents the German state as safeguarding human rights and international law, but a truncated dialectical process fails to resolve the boundary between the national self and the refugee and asylum seeking Other.
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