Making sense of the alt-right / George Hawley.

Author
Hawley, George (Political scientist) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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1 online resource (x, 218 pages)

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During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: "alt-right," short for "alternative right." Despite th einnocuous 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 expectation 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. -- from dust jacket
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Introduction
  • The alt-right's goals and predecessors
  • The first wave of the alt-right
  • The alt-right returns
  • The alt-right attack on the conservative movement
  • The alt-right and the 2016 election
  • The "alt-lite"
  • Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780231546003 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0231546009 ((electronic bk.))
  • 023118512X
  • 9780231185127
LCCN
2017029770
OCLC
990778368
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