C Thorleifsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 29787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Thorleifsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorleifsson |
| SIGNATURE | THORLEIFSSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0357-0813 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
«En apolitisk antropologi er umulig.»
NAT Forum
En Offentlig Engasjert Antropologi
From cyberfascism to terrorism
This article examines the fascists imaginaries that are produced and circulated at 4chan /pol/. Based on analysis of memes and posts collected during a 6‐month period in 2019, it explores the diagnoses given by anonymous users to the imagining of the ultra‐nation and dehumanized others, and the prescriptions for the remedies needed to bring about its saving. It argues that the cultural practices of /pol/ where fascist fantasies of white supremacy…
In pursuit of purity
Based on multi-sited fieldwork amongst leaders and supporters of populist radical right parties in the UK and Hungary, this article examines how the boundaries of the nation were reinforced and reimagined in the context of the ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015. Examining processes of racialization propagated by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Hungarian Jobbik party, it suggests that the figure of the Muslim migrant served to rejuvenate violent im…
The Swedish dystopia
Thorleifsson examines the ways in which violent imaginaries of Sweden have been discursively constructed and used by populist radical-right (PRR) parties and actors in contemporary Europe. Based on multisited fieldwork among politicians and supporters of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Hungarian Jobbik party, this article demonstrates how individual acts of violence are ‘transvaluated’ into violent imaginaries of migrants fro…
Disposable strangers
This paper analyses local responses to forced migration in Hungary. Based on multi‐sited fieldwork in 2015, it explores how the populist radical right reinforced the boundaries of the nation in relation to migrants from Muslim majority lands in transit to other European destinations. Following the theoretical lines of Zygmunt Bauman and Mary Douglas, it argues that the ‘polluting migrant’ served to reinforce the ethno‐nationalist boundaries of Hu…
Peripheral Nationhood
Like many development towns that were established in the aftermath of Israel's founding, Kiryat Shemona is situated on the demographic and geographic margins of the state: it sits on the border with Lebanon, and is in the Galilee region that has historically been a major center of Israel's Palestinian population. Particularly in moments of cross-border violence, Kiryat Shemona becomes a central margin, a place that is crucial to imagining the Isr…
Høyreradikale responser
Over en million asylsøkere ankom Europa i 2015, mer enn det dobbelte fra det foregående år.1 En av de mange og sammensatte årsakene til økningen er de langvarige konfliktene i Midtøsten, Nord-Afrika og Sentral-Asia.2 Spesielt i Syria har den brutale borgerkrigen siden 2011 ført til forskyvning av sivilbefolkningen i stor skala. Hovedproblemet i Europa er den ulike distribusjonen av asylsøkere blant EU-medlemsland og en ukoordinert respons på en a…
The limits of hospitality
Based on qualitative fieldwork in the Sunni village of Bebnine, located between Tripoli and the northern Syrian border, this paper explores how displaced Syrians adjust to life in Lebanon under the threat and actuality of violence. The marginalised refugees do not only appear as passive victims of crisis but draw on a diverse repertoire of coping strategies to deal with displacement and dispossession. Self-settled Syrians have exploited social ne…
From coal to Ukip
The article explores the local history and set of conditions central for the rise of "coal nationalism" in the post-industrial town of Doncaster. Based on ethnography, interviews and archival research, the essay shows how Doncastrians were not merely victimized by the effects of neoliberal restructuring programmes and deindustrialization, but strived to cope with and give meaning to the changes affecting their lives. In the space left by the diss…
Bård Helge Kårtveit
From coal to Ukip
The article explores the local history and set of conditions central for the rise of "coal nationalism" in the post-industrial town of Doncaster. Based on ethnography, interviews and archival research, the essay shows how Doncastrians were not merely victimized by the effects of neoliberal restructuring programmes and deindustrialization, but strived to cope with and give meaning to the changes affecting their lives. In the space left by the diss…
The limits of hospitality
Based on qualitative fieldwork in the Sunni village of Bebnine, located between Tripoli and the northern Syrian border, this paper explores how displaced Syrians adjust to life in Lebanon under the threat and actuality of violence. The marginalised refugees do not only appear as passive victims of crisis but draw on a diverse repertoire of coping strategies to deal with displacement and dispossession. Self-settled Syrians have exploited social ne…
The Swedish dystopia
Thorleifsson examines the ways in which violent imaginaries of Sweden have been discursively constructed and used by populist radical-right (PRR) parties and actors in contemporary Europe. Based on multisited fieldwork among politicians and supporters of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Hungarian Jobbik party, this article demonstrates how individual acts of violence are ‘transvaluated’ into violent imaginaries of migrants fro…
From cyberfascism to terrorism
This article examines the fascists imaginaries that are produced and circulated at 4chan /pol/. Based on analysis of memes and posts collected during a 6‐month period in 2019, it explores the diagnoses given by anonymous users to the imagining of the ultra‐nation and dehumanized others, and the prescriptions for the remedies needed to bring about its saving. It argues that the cultural practices of /pol/ where fascist fantasies of white supremacy…
Peripheral Nationhood
Like many development towns that were established in the aftermath of Israel's founding, Kiryat Shemona is situated on the demographic and geographic margins of the state: it sits on the border with Lebanon, and is in the Galilee region that has historically been a major center of Israel's Palestinian population. Particularly in moments of cross-border violence, Kiryat Shemona becomes a central margin, a place that is crucial to imagining the Isr…
Bård Helge Kårtveit
Høyreradikale responser
Over en million asylsøkere ankom Europa i 2015, mer enn det dobbelte fra det foregående år.1 En av de mange og sammensatte årsakene til økningen er de langvarige konfliktene i Midtøsten, Nord-Afrika og Sentral-Asia.2 Spesielt i Syria har den brutale borgerkrigen siden 2011 ført til forskyvning av sivilbefolkningen i stor skala. Hovedproblemet i Europa er den ulike distribusjonen av asylsøkere blant EU-medlemsland og en ukoordinert respons på en a…
The limits of hospitality
Based on qualitative fieldwork in the Sunni village of Bebnine, located between Tripoli and the northern Syrian border, this paper explores how displaced Syrians adjust to life in Lebanon under the threat and actuality of violence. The marginalised refugees do not only appear as passive victims of crisis but draw on a diverse repertoire of coping strategies to deal with displacement and dispossession. Self-settled Syrians have exploited social ne…
From coal to Ukip
The article explores the local history and set of conditions central for the rise of "coal nationalism" in the post-industrial town of Doncaster. Based on ethnography, interviews and archival research, the essay shows how Doncastrians were not merely victimized by the effects of neoliberal restructuring programmes and deindustrialization, but strived to cope with and give meaning to the changes affecting their lives. In the space left by the diss…
Disposable strangers
This paper analyses local responses to forced migration in Hungary. Based on multi‐sited fieldwork in 2015, it explores how the populist radical right reinforced the boundaries of the nation in relation to migrants from Muslim majority lands in transit to other European destinations. Following the theoretical lines of Zygmunt Bauman and Mary Douglas, it argues that the ‘polluting migrant’ served to reinforce the ethno‐nationalist boundaries of Hu…
Peripheral Nationhood
Like many development towns that were established in the aftermath of Israel's founding, Kiryat Shemona is situated on the demographic and geographic margins of the state: it sits on the border with Lebanon, and is in the Galilee region that has historically been a major center of Israel's Palestinian population. Particularly in moments of cross-border violence, Kiryat Shemona becomes a central margin, a place that is crucial to imagining the Isr…
The Swedish dystopia
Thorleifsson examines the ways in which violent imaginaries of Sweden have been discursively constructed and used by populist radical-right (PRR) parties and actors in contemporary Europe. Based on multisited fieldwork among politicians and supporters of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Hungarian Jobbik party, this article demonstrates how individual acts of violence are ‘transvaluated’ into violent imaginaries of migrants fro…
In pursuit of purity
Based on multi-sited fieldwork amongst leaders and supporters of populist radical right parties in the UK and Hungary, this article examines how the boundaries of the nation were reinforced and reimagined in the context of the ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015. Examining processes of racialization propagated by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Hungarian Jobbik party, it suggests that the figure of the Muslim migrant served to rejuvenate violent im…
From cyberfascism to terrorism
This article examines the fascists imaginaries that are produced and circulated at 4chan /pol/. Based on analysis of memes and posts collected during a 6‐month period in 2019, it explores the diagnoses given by anonymous users to the imagining of the ultra‐nation and dehumanized others, and the prescriptions for the remedies needed to bring about its saving. It argues that the cultural practices of /pol/ where fascist fantasies of white supremacy…
NAT Forum
En Offentlig Engasjert Antropologi
«En apolitisk antropologi er umulig.»
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Nationalism (4 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (4 works)