Postsocialist and Postcapitalist Questions? Far-Right Historical Narratives and the Making of a New Europe

Pasieka, Agnieszka

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“…At the same time, the far right is best placed to benefit from the ‘memory fluidity’ that has characterised European (and more generally Western) politics in recent years – whereby many of the established ideational signposts underpinning the post‐World War II, and later post‐Cold War order are increasingly questioned, reassessed, reformulated and at times straight out falsified (Couperus & Tortola, 2019; Jaskulowski & Majewski, 2022; Joly, 2022; Richardson‐Little & Merrill, 2020; Rueda, 2022). In particular, the (ab)use of the past seems to have an important two‐way role in the so‐called mainstreaming of the far right, whereby the latter both capitalises on and encourages, the contestation and revision of events and chapters of the ‘dark past’ – and in particular those linked to the experiences of fascism, war and colonialism (Couperus & Tortola, 2019; Pasieka, 2021; Pető, 2017).…”

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Political violence in far‐right memory: Fratelli d'Italia's remembrance of the Primavalle arson

Marchese,

Tortola

2024

Contemporary European Politics

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The relationship between the (populist) far right and the past is the subject of increasing scholarly interest. The deployment, reassessment and at times manipulation of historical memory, in particular, is an important factor in the politics and mainstreaming of the European far right. The latter has a lot to gain from any shifts in collective memory placing nations' dark and shameful past in a more benevolent light. At the same time, far‐right actors play an active role in such shifts, by routinely (ab)using the memory of the past for electoral gain. This article contributes to the research agenda on the memory politics of the far right by examining how Fratelli d'Italia – Italy's foremost far‐right party – remembers and narrates the ‘years of lead’, a tumultuous and hotly contested chapter in the country's political history. More precisely, our analysis zooms in on the powerful trope of ‘secular martyrdom’ attached to the memory of that period, and looks at how this idea is mobilised by Fratelli d'Italia via the examination of a particularly tragic episode of the years of lead, namely, the 1973 Primavalle arson.

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Political violence in far‐right memory: Fratelli d'Italia's remembrance of the Primavalle arson

Marchese,

Tortola

2024

Contemporary European Politics

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“…The former assumes a lack of job certainty and constrained life prospects [9]. The latter rests on insecurities related to globalization and so-called 'woke' condemnation of xenophobic and misogynist attitudes [36] (p. 980). Let us briefly consider these claims.…”

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Young Masculinities and Right-Wing Populism in Australia

Nilan

Roose

Peucker

et al. 2023

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This paper offers insights into the nexus of youth, masculinity, and right-wing populism in Australia. Here, we make reference to a wide body of international literature that suggests some affinity between disenfranchised (white) working-class young men and radical right ideas. Survey data were collected for a project on masculinity and the far right in Australia. A total of 203 young male informants worked primarily in ‘blue collar’ sectors of the Australian labour force. Some survey responses located them partly or potentially within the field of the populist right-wing, with many expressing anti-government sentiments and the discourse of white male victimhood. The majority were nostalgic for stereotypical masculinity. While right-wing populist movements across the world certainly differ, they often share a discourse promoting traditional gender roles.

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“…The former assumes lack of job certainty and constrained life prospects [9]. The latter rests on insecurities related to globalization and socalled 'woke' condemnation of xenophobic and misogynist attitudes [37] (p. 980). Let us briefly consider those claims.…”

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Young Masculinities and Right-Wing Populism in Australia

Nilan¹,

Roose²,

Peucker³

et al. 2022

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This paper offers insights into the nexus of youth, masculinity and right-wing populism in Australia. Here we make reference to a wide body of international literature on the topic. There is some affinity between disenfranchised (white) working-class young men and the radical right. Survey data were collected for a project on masculinity and the far right in Australia. 203 young men worked primarily in “blue collar” sectors of the Australian labour force. Some survey responses locate them partly or potentially within the field of the populist right-wing, with many expressing anti-government sentiments and the discourse of white male victimhood. The majority were nostalgic for stereotypical masculinity. While right-wing populist movements across the world certainly differ, they often share a discourse promoting traditional gender roles.

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Postsocialist and Postcapitalist Questions? Far-Right Historical Narratives and the Making of a New Europe

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Political violence in far‐right memory: Fratelli d'Italia's remembrance of the Primavalle arson

Political violence in far‐right memory: Fratelli d'Italia's remembrance of the Primavalle arson

Young Masculinities and Right-Wing Populism in Australia

Young Masculinities and Right-Wing Populism in Australia

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