Histories of hate : the radical right in Aotearoa New Zealand / edited by Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij and Paul Spoonley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cunningham, Matthew (Author), editor.

La Rooij, Marinus, editor.

Spoonley, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right-wing extremists--New Zealand--History.

Right-wing extremists.

Hate groups--New Zealand--History.

Hate groups.

Racism--New Zealand--History.

Racism.

New Zealand.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, Te Whare Tα o Te Wαnanga o Ltαkou, 2022.

Summary:

Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand explores intolerance and extremism in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the emergence of the precursors to the radical right during British settlement in the late nineteenth century to today's QAnon conspiracists and keyboard warriors. This volume reveals the complexities of Aotearoa's radical right traditions and discusses how, through time, various groups have been animated by a diverse mix of ideas, idealogues, organisations, social clubs and political parties. The text puts a wide range of topics under a direct and critical lens. Colonisation, antisemitism, discrimination against Chinese immigrants, anti-communism, skinhead gangs, support for white minority governments in southern Africa, opposition to Maori Treaty rights, the religious right, and recent events such as the 15 March 2019 terrorist attacks in Christchurch and the rise of COVID-19 conspiracy theories are all covered. In Histories of Hate, editors Matthew Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij and Paul Spoonley have brought together experts from multiple disciplines, including historians, sociologists, political scientists, kaupapa Maori scholars, and experts in religious and media studies, to create a benchmark text that will be the definitive reference for years to come. A compelling read and an important, timely book, Histories of Hate traverses Aotearoa's socio-political and extremist landscape in both historical and contemporary contexts, shedding light on the social and cultural intolerances that continue to shape New Zealand society to this day.

Contents:

Introduction: exploring radical intolerance and extremism in New Zealand

Part 1: Origins of the New Zealand radical right in the late nineteenth and early twentieith centuries

Chapter 1. He kαkano ahau

colonisation, scientific racism and the construction of racial 'fitness' in Aotearoa / Leonie Pihama and Cherryl Smith

Chapter 2. Anti-Chinese politics in New Zealand, 1880 to 1920

Chapter 3. Lionel Terry-radicalisation, revolution and the 'Great Replacement' myth / Marinus La Rooij

Chapter 4. 'Devils are in demand'

Arthur Desmond's 'Might is Right' and its present-day influence on the far-right / Mark Derby

Part 2: The ideological cauldron of the interwar years

Chapter 5. 'Under which flag?' Radical anti-socialist groups in the interwar period / Elizabeth Ward

Chapter 6. Conservative populism between the wars-the Protestant Political Association and the New Zealand Legion / Matthew Cunningham

Chapter 7. 'The Jews are to blame!' Antisemitic political radicalisation during the 1930s economic crisis / Marinus La Rooij

Part 3: The rise of the radical right after World War II

Chapter 8. Behind the golden weather-the rightward fringe of New Zealand, 1950-70 / Steven Loveridge

Chapter 9. 'A bastion of white supremacy'

Southern Africa in the political imagination of New Zealand's radical right / Sebastian Potgieter and Tyler West

Chapter 10. Street racism-skinheads in New Zealand / Jarrod Gilbert

Part 4: Religious and cultural intolerance

Chapter 11. From moral crusaders to new conservatives

the evolution of New Zealand's Christian religious right, 1970-2021 / Dolores Janiewski

Chapter 12. The anti-Treatyist response to the recognition of Mαori Treaty rights / Peter Meihana

Part 5: The radical right in the 21st century

Chapter 13. Kyle Chapman, the National Front and Right Wing Resistance / Mark Dunick

Chapter 14. Identitarianism and the alt-right

a new phase of far-right politics in Aotearoa New Zealand / Paul Spoonley and Paul Morris

Chapter 15. Internationalising white extremism

far-right networks in New Zealand and beyond / Michael Daubs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781990048401

1990048404

OCLC:

1365637238