Renaissance of the New Right in Germany? A Discussion of New Right Elements in German Right-wing Extremism Today

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ID7785262
AutoresSamuel Salzborn (0000-0001-7919-0086, University of Göttingen, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas36-63
Data de publicação2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGerman Politics & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441
EditoraBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/gps.2016.340203
OpenAlexW2491459471
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26

Right-wing extremism in Germany has recently undergone considerable changes with a new right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) successfully entering several local state parliaments as well as the European Parliament, “Pegida” demonstrations representing a new type of public action in terms of social movements, and the emergence of institutions like the Library of Conservatism and magazine projects like Sezession. This article considers whether such developments could be seen as a renaissance of the “New Right”, representing a long-term success in its strategies. Since the 1970s, the strategy of the New Right has been based on promoting a culturally conservative metapolitics in the pursuit of “cultural hegemony”, meaning to influence public opinion in the Federal Republic of Germany and shift it to the right— which at first glance might seem to have succeeded in light of recent events. The developments seen in German far-right extremism, however, have been neither monocausal nor monolithic. Therefore, this article will take a closer look at various aspects of the idea that recent changes in Germany’s rightwing extremism might represent a successful implementation of this New Right strategy

Conservatism · Far right · German · Hegemony · New Right · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Right wing · Sociology · Weimar Republic · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements