Dehumanization and Ideological Othering of Maoists in The Kathmandu Post
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This dissertation is about the representation of the Maoists in The
Kathmandu Post during and after People‟s War which is the period of People‟s
Movement-II as well. In course of representation, The Kathmandu Post holding
the ideology of the then king Gyanendra and bourgeois class people treated
Maoists as „other‟ by taking it for granted that Maoists, who „missed the way,‟ are
„terrorists‟ and „anti-nationals.‟ The Kathmandu Post not only others the Maoists
but also dehumanizes them denying their individual identity. The Kathmandu Post
has worked as ideological state apparatus while representing the Maoists. This
misrepresentation is due to the difference in ideology which is rooted in its
bourgeois economic position. It has treated different political parties from
different stand point which is unethical. With the support of wide range of theories
concerning representation, ideology, and media ethics, the study proves that
professional media houses always do not work as ideological state apparatus as
believed by Althuser, rather they work according to their economic position and
interest.The Kathmandu Post’ s support to People‟s Movement-II undercuts the
Althuserian notion of „ideological state apparatus.‟