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Exhibiting Fascism: An Exhibition Explores the Allure of Radicalism

In recent months, I have had the privilege of helping curate an exhibition, “This Fascist Life: Radical Right Movements in Interwar Europe,” which is running from October 2021 to February 2022…

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In Germany, Coming To Terms With Its Past Is An Ongoing Struggle

In 2009, Michael Rothberg, now professor of Holocaust Studies at UCLA, published Multidirectional Memory, one of the most influential books in memory studies of the last decade. In it, he…

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Neo-Nazis Push Lies And Revisionist History

In its annual review of American “hate groups”, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported the presence of 63 neo-Nazi groups active throughout the United States during 2020. Perhaps the most shocking…

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The Nazi Satanists promoting extreme violence and terrorism

In June 2020, an American soldier was charged with sending sensitive information about his own unit’s location, movements and security measures to members of the Nazi-Satanist group, Order of Nine Angles (ONA). He used…

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How Fascists Used Summer Camps To Recruit Young People

‘Summer camps … helped to integrate enthusiastic young people more firmly into the movement, shaping their lives by giving them an unforgettable summer and convincing them that by becoming fascists…

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In Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage

‘Greeks for the Fatherland’ seems to be here to fill the gap left by the legal troubles of Golden Dawn. The emergence of a new party was announced by Elias…

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The Radical Right in the Cultic Milieu

Why a 1972 concept from the sociology of religion could be more important than ever for the study of the contemporary radical right. In 1972, British sociologist Colin Campbell introduced…

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Savitri Devi And The Radical Right’s Fascination With Esoteric Nazism

Why does the alt-right seems fascinated with Savitri Devi, a fascist devotee who made a strong contribution to the development of esoteric fascism? Esoteric fascism is a subject that has…

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Why did Heidegger emerge as the central philosopher of the far right?

Heidegger’s philosophy has legitimised the far right’s regional environmentalism, populism and cultural racism. On 28 May 2020, Björn Höcke, the leader of Germany’s far-right party Alternative für Deutschland in the…

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Remembering Kevin Coogan

The recently deceased Kevin Coogan helped create the scholarly groundwork for preventative measures against the rise of the Alt Right. Born on October 8, 1952, Coogan was raised in an…

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Exhibiting Fascism: An Exhibition Explores the Allure of Radicalism

In Germany, Coming To Terms With Its Past Is An Ongoing Struggle

Neo-Nazis Push Lies And Revisionist History

The Nazi Satanists promoting extreme violence and terrorism

How Fascists Used Summer Camps To Recruit Young People

In Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage

The Radical Right in the Cultic Milieu

Savitri Devi And The Radical Right’s Fascination With Esoteric Nazism

Why did Heidegger emerge as the central philosopher of the far right?

Remembering Kevin Coogan

US Buffalo Shooting: The Depressing Predictability of Far-Right Terrorism and How to Stop It

Nasser Kurdy and David Tucker. A Reply to Hate: Forgiving My Attacker. Stuttgart: Ibidem, 2021.

Nathaniël D. B. Kunkeler. Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands: Myth-Creation and Respectability, 1931-40. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.

CARR Reform Statement

Webinar Series: The Future of Ideologies (Michael Freeden)