Part Five: Hegel and Fascism
In this final instalment of CARR Senior Fellow Henry Mead’s series on Hegel and Fascism, Mead looks at Hegel’s case for a strong state and its influence on political thinkers…
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Societal pessimism, restorative nostalgia, and re-evaluating responses to populism
Introduction Contemporary radical-right groups and their leaders are often considered responsible for advancing nativist, authoritarian, and populist discourse in society. Whereas nativism and authoritarianism are considered fundamental values that any…
Remove or defend Kebab? Radical right, music of the Yugoslav wars, and the perils of simplifying narratives
“Karadžiću, vodi Srbe svoje vodi Srbe svojeee…” sang Tomas joyfully as we were entering the bus in a working-class suburb of Bratislava. A member of radical right’s Kotlebists – The…
Review of Eirikur Bergmann, Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, 2020), 235pp.
Storytelling is an Icelandic virtue. For anyone needing to understand why we today witness the return of an aggressive exclusionary political ideology, professor Eirikur Bergmann’s book (Bifröst University, Iceland) is…
Donald Trump: The Worst Kind of Populist
Every year, the movers and shakers of our times come together for a few days in Davos, a swanky resort of literary fame in the Swiss Alps thanks to Thomas…
Jekyll-and-Hyde: What Creates a Far-Right Supporter? Part 1.
Much has been written about the development of the personalities and other psychological characteristics of Alt-Right/far-right leaders such as Donald Trump (e.g. authors in Cruz and Buser, 2017; Waring &…
The Creepy Racist Network Behind Trump Aide Stephen Miller
The White House aide’s emails frightened America, and rightly so. But the bigger story is a vast racist network that has shocking reach into the GOP. Even amid the impeachment…
Icons of Radical Right-Wing Populism: Pat Buchanan, the Political Horse Whisperer
Much has been written about Steve Bannon’s influence on the worldview and policies of Donald Trump. Much less about the man who David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times,…
Expertise in politics: boon or bane?
Populist radical right parties and their leaders openly despise expertise: they often parade their ignorance and inexperience by developing, in electoral terms, propaganda depicting them shoulder-to-shoulder with ordinary citizens (“the…
Australia’s Own Brand of Radical Populism
Unlike radical right-wing populism in Western Europe, Australia’s “Hansonism” is largely a one-woman show, almost completely dependent on Pauline Hanson’s personality and appeal. She has been called a “mischievous troublemaker,…