Understanding the Dynamics of the Far Right
The extreme right is not a single entity but rather is a highly diverse, polycratic movement set across countless small organizations, or groupuscules. While this article is not about the…
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Paul Jackson
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The New Man in Fascism Past and Present
The historical vision of the new man still animates many neo-fascist and neo-Nazi organizations that are rooted in the legacies of fascism. “The trenchocracy is the aristocracy of the trenches,”…
Remembering Auschwitz 75 through Sonderkommando Photography
Remembering the past is always complex. Remembering inevitably means we recall only selected sections of the past, and so in making any such selection we forget as much as we…
Totalitarianism in the twentieth century and beyond
A key under-studied area for analysis is how contemporary extreme right movements can also be seen as totalitarian. Indeed, it is not difficult to find examples of such. According to…
Political religions and fascism
The creation of new symbols and rituals to evoke belief in a higher cause are central to the concept, ‘political religion’, prevalent in fascism studies for at least two decades.…
Extreme Right Aware Training Course, 20 September 2019
The extreme right in Britain has changed and developed in recent times, while its impact can be felt across a wide variety of professions. From policing to teaching, and from…
Holocaust Memorial Day in 2019 and Beyond
For the last ten years, I have been regularly involved in either contributing to, or running, events for Holocaust Memorial Day. As well as more formal talks and activities, every…
Book Review: Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (London: Pelican, 2018) £9.99
Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin’s new book, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy styles itself as a ‘primer’ on what the authors label ‘national populism’. It is already causing…
The British Extreme Right, Reciprocal Radicalisation and constructions of the Other
Roger Eatwell coined the term ‘cumulative extremism’ in his influential article on community cohesion from 2006. He argued that ‘different forms of extremisms are constructed in discourse’ by extremist groups…
Book Review: Roger Griffin (2018) Fascism – An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies
Roger Griffin, Fascism: An Introduction to Comparative Fascist Studies (Cambridge: Polity, 2018) £14.99 paperback and ebook, £45.00 hardback What is ‘fascism’? This question has driven the work of Professor Roger…