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Bait and Switch: The American Alt-Right’s Manufactured Martyrdom

Autor Anastasja Abraham, Amílcar Antonio Barreto
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 iun 2024
Exclusionary notions of American national identity have been endemic since the country's founding. Since the Culture Wars, they have returned with vengeance. One of their champions is a new generation of tech savvy activists known as the Alt-Right. This is a movement that embraces a vision of America that is unapologetically white and Christian supremacist, misogynistic and xenophobic. Rather than see the Alt-Right as an outlier, the authors of this book treat it as an integral part of an endemic battler over the articulation of American national identity. Critically, what distinguishes these cyber warriors from other far-right movements is their rhetorical style. Their far-right counterparts employ muscular rhetoric and demand the right to dominate. The Alt-Right, on the other hand, has opted for a weapons-of-the-weak strategy and accuses adversaries of persecuting them. Embracing a cult of victimhood, this shift in rhetorical tactic is not only a matter of gaslighting; its goal is to justify potential acts of violence.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781666919691
ISBN-10: 1666919691
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 2 Graphs
Dimensiuni: 150 x 230 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1: American National Identities
Chapter 2: Culture Wars
Chapter 3: The Far Right
Chapter 4: Cult of Victimhood
Chapter 5: Alt-Right Thinkers
Chapter 6: Alt Right Out from the Shadows
Chapter 7: Fuentes, Taylor and Peinovich
Conclusion: Down, But Far from Out
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Recenzii

"This is a careful and well-researched analysis of the origins and historical anchors of the Alt-Right movement. It makes the case that Alt-Right ideology should not be viewed in isolation but as part of a long mythology around American national identity that upholds white, straight, Christian men as superior and worthy of protection against various threats. Thus, while the Alt-Right might be the latest example in a long chain of far right extremism, it is not alone in its aims and world-view. The book unpacks this long chain, showing its influence and presence within our current and divided socio-political moment."
An extraordinarily timely investigation of the Alt-Right at a time when it is most needed. A great resource for anyone interested in the relationship between digital participation and Alt-Right extremism.