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We Are Not Worthless: Resentment, Misrecognition and Populist Mobilization

We live in resentful times. Dare we even utter these words? They sound as trite and cliché as that time-honored opening sentence that has introduced so many articles on populism in recent…

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CARR Interviews with Specialists: Federico Finchelstein On The Modern Rise Of Fascism

Historian Federico Finchelstein discusses the elements of fascism, how it differs from real populism, and why he thinks Trump is a wannabe fascist. How did you become interested in researching…

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Freedom of Research in the Age of Populism (Part 1: The French Case)

According to French anthropologist Didier Fassin, there is a “reactionary wind blowing over France”, which is affecting the country’s political and intellectual life, and distracts the public from major economic…

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How right-wing populists use food to legitimise their extreme views

Few everyday items have the ability to stir up feelings of patriotism than a country’s national food and drink. Political leaders are well aware of the potential food has to…

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After Serving Corporations For Decades, GOP Pivots To Fake Populism

For many years its liberal and Democratic critics depicted the Republican Party as the party of ‘big business.’ These critics claimed that the GOP’s principal role at both the national…

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The CARR Interview Series: Michael Cole, CARR’s Head of Doctoral Fellows

In this Series, our Head of Ideology Research Unit Balša Lubarda speaks to some of the people helping to make CARR the ‘one-stop shop for knowledge and resources on right-wing…

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How radical Right conspiracy theories drive populist mobilisation

The storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a true epiphany of radical Right mobilization. There is little doubt now that conspiracy theories have the potential to…

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As Norway’s far Right declines in popularity, a new populist force rises

Following a few months of relaxed measures, where people could socialise and go about most of their daily business, Norway closed its borders on 29 January 2021, after a new…

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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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Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 2)

Yet Germany, explored in the first part of this piece, is hardly an exceptional case. Take the United States. A recent study has shown that “rampant partisanship” has severely hampered…

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