Making Sense of the Alt-Right / / George Hawley.
During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy,...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Alt-Right's Goals and Predecessors -- 2. The First Wave of the Alt-Right -- 3. The Alt-Right Returns -- 4. The Alt-Right Attack on the Conservative Movement -- 5. The Alt-Right and the 2016 Election -- 6. The "Alt-Lite" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed with provocation and trolling, amorphous, predominantly online, and mostly anonymous. And it was energized by Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In Making Sense of the Alt-Right, George Hawley provides an accessible introduction and gives vital perspective on the emergence of a group whose overt racism has confounded expectations for a more tolerant America.Hawley explains the movement's origins, evolution, methods, and core belief in white-identity politics. The book explores how the alt-right differs from traditional white nationalism, libertarianism, and other online illiberal ideologies such as neoreaction, as well as from mainstream Republicans and even Donald Trump and Steve Bannon. The alt-right's use of offensive humor and its trolling-driven approach, based in animosity to so-called political correctness, can make it difficult to determine true motivations. Yet through exclusive interviews and a careful study of the alt-right's influential texts, Hawley is able to paint a full picture of a movement that not only disagrees with liberalism but also fundamentally rejects most of the tenets of American conservatism. Hawley points to the alt-right's growing influence and makes a case for coming to a precise understanding of its beliefs without sensationalism or downplaying the movement's radicalism. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231546003 9783110543308 9783110737769 9783110604252 9783110603255 9783110604016 9783110603231 |
DOI: | 10.7312/hawl18512 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | George Hawley. |