Far-right Fantasy - 9781138962415
Un libro in lingua di James Aho edito da Routledge, 2015
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Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both professional and lay audiences, it allows activists to speak for themselves in their own words. It takes the self-announced religious motivations of extremists seriously, and illustrates this by citing numerous cases of radical politics. The book addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the standard psycho-social-cultural explanations of far-right activism. It shows how extremists are similar educationally and psychologically to their more conventional neighbors; that they get into the movement in the same way that others become peace activists or radical environmentalists, namely, through their ties with fellow workers and church-goers, family members, and classmates; and that their views are given a patina of certainty by being repeatedly corroborated within closed, non-contaminated communication systems. The book avoids being preachy or judgmental, but it does try to challenge readers morally by submitting far-right fantasy to a formal ideology critique. It does this by showing how the reforms it recommends – a marketplace free of regulation, draconian immigration restrictions; an end to the federal reserve bank and the income tax; a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution; anti-union "right to work" laws and a return to debt slavery; the privatization of schools, the post office, and the commons, and so on – contradict its ostensible goal, which is to protect and enhance middle class interests.Far-Right Fantasy is suitable for adoption as a supplemental text in political psychology and sociology, sociologies of religion and knowledge, collective behavior, and American political history.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Far-right Fantasy
- Sottotitolo: A Sociology of American Religion and Politics
- Lingua: English
- Autore: James Aho
- Editore: Routledge
- Collana: Routledge (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 14 Dicembre '15
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Right-wing extremists United States Religion and politics United States
- Pagine: 168
- Dimensioni mm: 229 x 151 x 0
- ISBN-10: 1138962414
- EAN-13: 9781138962415