Friend or Foe? Contemporary Debates on Islam and Muslim Immigrants Among Swedish Identitarians

Bernsand, Niklas

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7247-2_10

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“…In spite of their aforementioned localized form of nativism, these reactionary far-right social movements acknowledge a civilizational "European" identity, with shared histories and cultural lineages which underpins their organization as transnational movements (Bernsand, 2013). This strategy is both functional and ideational.…”

Section: Defining the Identitarians And Defence Leaguesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In parallel, scholars have also charted the mobilization of non-party political far-right social movements such as the English Defence League in Great Britain and Génération Identitaire in France (Busher, 2016;Eatwell & Goodwin, 2010;Guenther et al, 2020;Zúquete, 2018). A range of grievances common to both far-right parties and social movements include the loss of national attachments and ethnocultures through processes of multiculturalism, the threat to majority populations by immigration, and a perceived threat to "Indigenous" nations by Islam (Bernsand, 2013;Capelos & Katsanidou, 2018;Kassimeris & Jackson, 2015).…”

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Reimagining the Medieval: The Utility of Ethnonational Symbols for Reactionary Transnational Social Movements

Godwin¹,

Trischler

2021

PaG

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Scholars have explored the rise of far-right reactionary political parties in Europe over the last decade. However, social movements reflecting similar political orientations have rarely been conceptualized as “reactionary.” To better understand the political orientations of reactionary transnational social movements such as the Identitarians and the Defence Leagues, we explore how and why ethnonational symbols derived from the medieval period are utilized by adherents. This interdisciplinary investigation argues that, through processes of mediated political medievalism, ethnonational symbols are used as strategic framing devices to reimagine an idealized “golden age” of distinct European nations, to assign blame for the erosion of ethnonational identity through multiculturalism, immigration and “Islamization,” to establish an intergenerational struggle against the supposed incursion of Islam in Europe, and to proscribe and justify the use of violence as a means of re-establishing the primacy of European nations.

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Section: Defining the Identitarians And Defence Leaguesmentioning

confidence: 99%