When the medium is not the message: Breivik, Tarrant, and the conceptions of history of contemporary right-wing extremist lone-actor terrorists
While much academic effort has been devoted to exploring various aspects of right-wing extremist lone-actor terrorism, little attention has been devoted to establishing how the terrorists create meaning by locating themselves within a larger narration of history. This article tries to fill this gap,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Fascism
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-138 |
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| Summary: | While much academic effort has been devoted to exploring various aspects of right-wing extremist lone-actor terrorism, little attention has been devoted to establishing how the terrorists create meaning by locating themselves within a larger narration of history. This article tries to fill this gap, by analysing the conceptions of history and the historical narratives evoked in the manifestos that the right-wing extremist perpetrators uploaded online in relation to the terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011 and in Christchurch, New Zealand March 15, 2019. Employing a combination of discourse and narrative analysis, the article argues that a shared fascist ‘regime of historicity’ may be identified in the manifestos. Furthermore, it places the narratives found in the manifestos in relation to different right-wing extremist virtual communities. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-6257 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/22116257-bja10025 |
