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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.

我的研究将当代极右翼视为一种国际社会运动。它探讨了欧洲和北美不同极右翼团体的共同叙述，这些叙述使他们越来越多地将自己视为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、战略和战术。这一领域现有的学术研究往往侧重于个别极右翼团体或特定国家。然而，我的研究表明，这些组织现在拥有如此广泛的国际网络，以至于是否还有“英国”（或“德国”或“美国”）极右翼这种东西是值得怀疑的。此外，许多关于极右翼的文献本质上是描述性的，专注于将不同的群体划分为明确的类别(例如：“法西斯主义”、“新纳粹主义”、“民粹主义”)，基于他们公开宣称的政治信仰和政策偏好。这些方法并没有回答是什么推动了当前极右翼激进主义在国际上的复苏，以及不同国家的极右翼团体是如何相互作用的核心和政治紧迫问题。我的研究通过提供一种概念化“极右翼”的新方法，并通过使用创新的研究方法来绘制出这一复杂而不断发展的现象，从而解决了这些差距。它将极右翼视为一场“反革命”的政治运动，由于共同的愿望而团结在一起，即阻止或逆转社会变革的进程，并恢复对过去的神话，浪漫化的想法。这就是唐纳德•特朗普（Donald Trump）的“让美国再次伟大”（Make America Great Again）和英国退欧运动的“收回控制权”（Take Back Control）等流行口号所表达的愿望。这是“极右”与“主流”或“保守”右翼的最终区别，“主流”或“保守”右翼寻求维持社会和政治现状，而“进步”左翼则旨在社会转型和政治解放。我的研究使用大数据来绘制极右翼的政治网络和运动，这些网络和运动今天通常是在网上组织的，并将其与更传统的研究方法相结合，如档案分析，对极右翼活动家及其对手的深度采访，以及对示威和集会等事件的观察。这种创新的方法组合使我能够理解极右翼团体之间的意识形态和物质联系，以及导致个人积极分子参与这些运动的特殊焦虑和担忧。这项奖学金的主要目的是建立在我的博士研究的基础上，该研究侧重于国际极右运动的一个特定方面：伊斯兰或穆斯林对“西方文明”的威胁这一概念已经成为欧洲和北美不同极右组织的统一主题。在奖学金期间，我将通过向同行评审的学术期刊提交至少两篇文章来传播我的博士研究的主要发现，在会议和研讨会上展示我的工作，并与来自种族平等，公民权利和人权领域的从业者建立现有的工作关系。我还将利用这笔奖学金为一项新的博士后研究提出资助建议，这项研究与我的博士项目相关，但又不同。这项新研究将探索极右政治、男子气概和“另类右翼”及相关运动中暴力之间的关系。