Normalization of the global far right : pandemic disruption? / Ulrike M. Vieten and Scott Poynting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vieten, Ulrike M., author.

Poynting, Scott, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government.

Populism.

Right-wing extremists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

Exploring how the boundary between the extremist far right and centre-right parties and politics became blurred, Normalization of the Global Far Right deconstructs one of the most pressing issues of today: the rise of the far right.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Authors

Introduction-The Normalization of the Racist Far-Right as Global Phenomenon

Mainstreaming Far-right Politics and Normalizing Racist Exclusion of Minorities

The Order of the Chapters

References

Chapter 1-The Historical Normalization of Racist Anti-Semitism and Global 21st Century Anti-Muslim Racism

Linking the Everyday Present with the Past

"Germany would be Transformed into a Gigantic Barrack" - Testimony to the Rise of the Anti-Semitic War Machinery

The Continuity of Authoritarianism: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Muslim Racism

Concluding Remarks

Chapter 2-Gender Toxicology: Complicity, Coloniality, and Liberal Gender Discourse

Reflections on the Continuity of the Gendered Colonial Mind

Dragging Different Histories of Male Dominance and Female Innocence in the Twentieth Century

The Alliance of Liberal Feminists and Anti-Muslim Racists

Overcoming the Bystanders' Habitus?

Toxic Gender Stereotyping, the Christian Right and Banal Nationalism

Chapter 3-Crisis and Christchurch

In Another Country

Ideological Promiscuity and Replacements in the "Replacement Myth"

Goebbels on Speed

Crisis, Which Crisis?

Chapter 4-Ideological Elements of Islamophobia and their Deployment by the Far-Right

Basket of Deployables

Where Does Islamophobia Come From?

A New Definition and Analysis

Islamophobia, Imperialist "War on Terror," and Bringing Empire Back in

Ideological Maneuvers

Concluding Remarks: Beyond Denial

Chapter 5-Normalization Disrupted?

Introduction

Summary of the Main Arguments

The (Post) Pandemic Situation?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: M. Vieten, Ulrike Normalization of the Global Far Right

ISBN:

1-83909-956-9