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Pathways to Activism in Italian Far-Right Youth Communities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2109262
AutoresA Pasieka (0000-0002-6895-7402, Institute for Social Anthropology, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume64
Fascículo1
Páginas150-178
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417521000426
OpenAlexW4283377243
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas31

Based on long-term ethnographic research, this article contributes to the growing scholarship on far-right social movements by presenting an in-depth account of the Italian far-right scene. In presenting personal accounts of three activists and situating them within the milieus in which they are active, it sheds light on a variety of factors that push youth to engage in far-right militancy. Many researchers of far-right extremism have asserted the need to provide more in-depth knowledge on far-right militants, yet there remain important gaps that this article strives to address. First, it demonstrates the value of the ethnographic approach in the study of far right, which offers unique insights into the motivations for involvement and the relations between ideas, beliefs, and practices. Second, it shows the importance of situating present-day activism in a historical context, not only by looking for long-term patterns but also by paying attention to the ways studied actors engage with historical comparisons. Third, in engaging critically with some commonsensical approaches to far-right activists, the paper suggests that ethnographic studies of far-right activism can give us fresh perspectives on broader social phenomena beyond the far right per se

Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Far right · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Variety (cybernetics · Anthropology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · History · Law