cultural institutions portrayed as unjustly excluded and stigmatised by the state
The article frames the bookshop's removal from the prize list as a form of state-led stigmatisation, supported by legal validation of the owner's claim. The court's rejection of the 'extremist' label and description of the act as 'attempted discreditation by the state' reinforces this framing.
“Jasper Prigge, Liebhold’s lawyer, described the culture minister’s intervention as 'attempted discreditation by the state'.”
