The Contemporary Euro-American Far Right and the New White Nationalism

当代欧美极右翼与新白人民族主义

基本信息

批准号：
ES/S011528/1
负责人：
Edward Pertwee
金额：
$ 12.7万
依托单位：
London School of Economics and Political Science
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS011528%2F1
关键词：
Contemporary Euro American Far Right

项目摘要

My research examines the contemporary far right as an international social movement. It explores the narratives shared by different far-right groups in Europe and North America, which enable them increasingly to see themselves as part of a common, international political project. It also analyses the organisational infrastructure, political networks, strategies and tactics that they employ. Existing scholarship in this area tends to focus on individual far-right groups or specific countries. However, my research suggests that these groups now have such extensive international networks that it is questionable whether there is any longer such a thing as the 'British' (or 'German' or 'American') far right. Furthermore, much of the literature on the far right is essentially descriptive, preoccupied with placing different groups into definitive categories (e.g. 'fascist', 'neo-Nazi', 'populist') based on their professed political beliefs and policy preferences. These approaches do not answer the central and politically urgent questions of what is driving the current international resurgence of far-right activism, and how far-right groups in different countries are interacting with one another.My research addresses these gaps by providing a new way of conceptualising the 'far right' and by using innovative research methods to map out this complex and evolving phenomenon. It approaches the far right as a 'counter-revolutionary' political movement, united by a shared desire to arrest or reverse processes of social change and recuperate a mythic, romanticised idea of the past. This is the desire expressed in popular slogans such as Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' and the Brexit campaign's 'Take Back Control'. It is what ultimately distinguishes the 'far' right from the 'mainstream' or 'conservative' right, which seeks to maintain the social and political status quo, and from the 'progressive' left, which aims at social transformation and political emancipation. My research uses big data to map out far-right political networks and movements, which today are often organised online, combining this with more traditional research methods such as archival analysis, in-depth interviews with far-right activists and their opponents, and observation of events such as demonstrations and rallies. This innovative combination of methods allows me to understand both the ideological and material links between far-right groups, as well as the particular anxieties and concerns that are leading individual activists to participate in these movements.The principal aim of this fellowship will be to build on my PhD research, which focused on one particular aspect of the international far-right movement: the idea of a specifically Islamic or Muslim threat to 'Western civilisation' that has come to serve as a unifying theme for different far-right groups across Europe and North America. During the period of the fellowship I will disseminate the key findings from my PhD research by submitting at least two articles to peer-reviewed academic journals, presenting my work at conferences and workshops, and cultivating existing working relationships with practitioners from the race equality, civil rights and human rights fields. I will also use the fellowship to develop a funding proposal for a new piece of postdoctoral research, related to but distinct from my PhD project. This new piece of research will explore the relationship between far-right politics, masculinity and violence within the 'Alt Right' and related movements.

我的研究研究了当代的最右翼，作为国际社会运动。它探讨了欧洲和北美不同极右翼群体所共有的叙述，这使他们越来越多地将自己视为一个共同的国际政治项目的一部分。它还分析了他们采用的组织基础设施，政治网络，战略和策略。该领域的现有奖学金倾向于集中于个别极右翼群体或特定国家。但是，我的研究表明，这些群体现在拥有广泛的国际网络，以至于是否有像“英国”（或“德国”或“美国”）远处的事物是值得怀疑的。此外，关于最右派的许多文献本质上都是描述性的，全神贯于将不同的群体归于基于他们自称的政治信仰和政策偏好的确定性类别（例如“法西斯”，“新纳粹”，“民粹主义者”）。这些方法并没有回答有关什么是在推动当前国际极右派激进主义的国际复兴以及不同国家的极右派群体相互作用的中心和紧急问题。它以“反革命”政治运动的身份接近最右翼，联合着逮捕或逆转社会变革过程并恢复过去的神话般的浪漫化观念。这是唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的“让美国再次伟大”和英国脱欧运动的“带回控制”等流行的口号所表达的愿望。这是最终将“远”与“主流”或“保守”权利区分开来的，该权利旨在维持社会和政治地位，以及旨在旨在社会转型和政治解放的“进步”左派。我的研究使用大数据来绘制极右翼的政治网络和运动，这些网络和运动通常是在线组织的，将其与更传统的研究方法相结合，例如档案分析，对极右翼激进主义者及其对手的深入访谈，以及观察示威和集会等事件。这种创新的方法组合的组合使我能够理解极右派群体之间的意识形态和物质联系，以及导致个人激进主义者参与这些运动的特定焦虑和关注点和关注点，这一团契的主要目的是建立在我的博士学位研究上，这是我的博士学位研究，这些研究集中在国际远面运动的一个特定方面：对某种特定的文明构想，因为这是一个特定的文明，因为它是属于穆斯的特定范围，而不是穆斯的穆斯构想。欧洲和北美的不同极右翼团体。在团契期间，我将通过将至少两篇文章提交同行评审的学术期刊，在会议和研讨会上介绍我的工作，并与种族平等，公民权利和人权领域的从业人员建立现有的工作关系，从而传播我的博士学位研究的关键发现。我还将利用奖学金为新的博士后研究制定一项资金建议，与我的博士学位项目有关。这项新的研究将探讨“ ALT权利”和相关运动中极端政治，男子气概和暴力之间的关系。