The Radical Right and Nationalism

Bibliographic Data

ID20001545
AuthorsTamir Bar-On (0000-0002-6907-1486, Tecnológico de Monterrey, corresponding author)
EditorsJens Rydgren
Year2018
Publication date2018-02-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.2
OpenAlexW2791598768
ISBN9780190274559
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This chapter argues that nationalism is the master concept of the radical right. It posits that the radical right’s nationalism is different from that of the mainstream right in its radicalism (or far-reaching and fundamental nature), its obsession with the dominance of the main ethnic group, and its longing for homogeneous nations and states. In addition, this nationalism is often populist in tone; it is indebted to direct rather than representative variants of democracy; and in some cases it is ambiguous about its relationship to fascism, Nazism, collaborationist regimes, or the Holocaust. In short, without ethnic nationalism as its master concept, the radical right’s thinkers, political parties, and movements would lack a stable anchor

Ethnic group · Homogeneous · Mainstream · Nationalism · Nazism · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Radical right · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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