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Making sense of the alt-right / George Hawley.
Author
Hawley, George (Political scientist)
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
White supremacy movements
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United States
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History
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21st century
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White nationalism
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United States
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History
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21st century
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White people
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United States
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Politics and government
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21st century
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United States
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Social conditions
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1980-2020
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United States
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Politics and government
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1989-
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Summary note
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.
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ISBN
9780231546003 ((electronic bk.))
0231546009 ((electronic bk.))
023118512X
9780231185127
LCCN
2017029770
OCLC
990778368
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