Fighting the last war: confusion, partisanship, and alarmism in the literature on the radical right
This book argues that the political and security threats posed by the domestic radical right in Western countries have been consistently exaggerated since 1945. This has allowed governments to justify censoring and repressing their political opponents, including many who cannot be fairly described a...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham
Lexington Books
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
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| Summary: | This book argues that the political and security threats posed by the domestic radical right in Western countries have been consistently exaggerated since 1945. This has allowed governments to justify censoring and repressing their political opponents, including many who cannot be fairly described as being affiliated with the radical right. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Unleashing another "Brown Scare" and Creating New "Folk Devils" -- Political Realities versus Conspiratorial Fantasies -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Biases and Double Standards in Assessing the Role and Impact of Ideologies -- The Growing Problem of "Progressive" Political Hegemony and Activism in Academia -- Idiosyncratic Personal Violence versus Ideologically Motivated Violence -- Materialist Biases in "Social Science" Analysis in the Context of Extremism -- The Nature and Function of Ideologies -- The Common Characteristics of Extremist Political and Religious Ideologies -- Distinctive Features of Religious Extremism -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Toward an Academic Consensus about the "Radical Right" and "Fascism"? -- What do the Concepts "Radical Right" and "Fascism" Signify and Encompass? -- What is the Radical Right? -- What is Fascism?119 -- Where are the Islamists in the Literature on the Radical Right? -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Islamic Radical Right (Islamism) is a Greater Threat to Democracy and Security than "Fascism" -- Islam and Islamism -- Ideological Currents and Subcurrents of Sunni and Shi'i Islamism -- Islamism as a Right-Wing Ideology -- Divisions within the Jihadist Milieu -- The "Fascist" Threat versus the Islamist Threat in the Context of Violence and Terrorism86 -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Never-Ending "Brown Scare" Since 1945: Is "Fascism" Really "On the March"? -- "Fighting the Last War"? -- Hyping "Fascists" and "Nazis" Decade after Decade -- Trump as an "Authoritarian" or "Fascist" -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Some Suggestions for Improving Analyses of the Radical Right -- A Checklist for doing Proper Scholarly Research -- Improving Scholarly Research on the Radical Right. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Resource (438 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781793639387 |