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Title:
The alt-right : what everyone needs to know / George Hawley.
Author:
Hawley, George (Political scientist), author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

©2019
Call Number:
HN90.R3 H39 2018
Abstract:
This book explains the ideas, tactics, history, and prominent figures of the so-called Alt-Right, a white nationalist movement that first gained national and international prominence during the 2016 presidential election. It describes this movement's place in contemporary American life, and how the Alt-Right relates to Donald Trump's much larger right-wing populist movement. In clear and dispassionate terms, the book explains the degree to which the Alt-Right and other elements of the modern white supremacist movement threaten American democracy.

In recent years, the so-called Alt-Right, a white nationalist movement, has grown at an alarming rate. Taking advantage of high levels of racial polarization, the Alt-Right seeks to normalize explicit white identity politics. Growing from a marginalized and disorganized group of Internet grolls and propagandists, the Alt-Right became one of the major news stories of the 2016 presidential election, and exploded into public consciousness after its march through Charlottesville in summer 2017. Discussions of the Alt-Right are now a regular part of political discourse in the United States and beyond. In The Alt-Right: What everyone needs to know, George Hawley, one of the world's leading experts on the conservative movement and right-wing radicalism, provides a clear explanation of the ideas, tactics, history, and prominent figures of one of the most disturbing movements in America today. Although it presents itself as a new phenomenon, the Alt-Right is just the latest iteration of a longstanding radical right-wing political tradition. Throughout, Hawley discusses the other primary ideological influences on the Alt-Right: libertarianism, paleoconservatism, neo-reaction, and the Men's Rights Movement. Dispassionate and accessible, this is an essential overview for anyone seeking to understand to this disruptive and dangerous political movement.
ISBN:
9780190905194

9780190905200
Series:
What everyone needs to know

What everyone needs to know.
Physical Description:
xi, 248 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
What is the Alt-Right and Where did it come from? -- "White Nationalism 101": the Movement's Predecessors -- Racist Moements abroad and the Alt-Right -- Other Influences on the Alt-Right -- The Alt-Right and the Internet -- The Alt-Right Offline -- The Alt-Right amd Conservatism -- The Alt-Right and Donald Trump -- The Alt-Lite -- Combatting the Alt-Right.
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