Violence on the Fanatical Left and Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9767387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold Forster (Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 364 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-148 |
| Publication date | 1966-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271626636400114 |
| OpenAlex | W2166938832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Political violence—or, more properly, ideological violence—has gone hand in glove with political or ideological extremism through every period of American history. It has been the necessary weapon of the far-right crusaders and the far-left revolutionaries who, rejecting the electoral and con stitutional processes of democracy, reach for a swift, clear, decisive alternative. Historically, both have failed in their purposes—while spilling much blood in their efforts—a failure due not so much to the course they have pursued as to the course they have rejected
Democracy · Ideology · Left and right · Left behind · New Left · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Swift · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Engineering · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1968 - 2021 (54) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |