Reactionary Politics Research Network
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The Reactionary Politics Research Network (RPRN) brings together researchers to study and tackle the rise of exclusionary, authoritarian and reactionary politics
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📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣
The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
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The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
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Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
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Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
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Article: In the fight against fascism, the middle ground is not an option (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the rise of fascism in the UK in the wake of yet another extreme right protest.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
📣New blog📣
'We must ask ourselves whether a liberal articulation of fascism is better than full fascism or whether both must be countered with equal vigour.'
@aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of reactionary politics and the need for radical alternatives.
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'We must ask ourselves whether a liberal articulation of fascism is better than full fascism or whether both must be countered with equal vigour.'
@aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of reactionary politics and the need for radical alternatives.
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Article: In the fight against fascism, the middle ground is not an option (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the rise of fascism in the UK in the wake of yet another extreme right protest.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📣New blog📣
'We must ask ourselves whether a liberal articulation of fascism is better than full fascism or whether both must be countered with equal vigour.'
@aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of reactionary politics and the need for radical alternatives.
reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
'We must ask ourselves whether a liberal articulation of fascism is better than full fascism or whether both must be countered with equal vigour.'
@aurelmondon.bsky.social on the mainstreaming of reactionary politics and the need for radical alternatives.
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With just a few weeks until publication, it's possible to pre-order my book in time for Xmas! For anyone who wants to read a decolonial approach to populism and understand why we are still so attached to the idea of 'populism'
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Europe’s Populist Condition
Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
With just a few weeks until publication, it's possible to pre-order my book in time for Xmas! For anyone who wants to read a decolonial approach to populism and understand why we are still so attached to the idea of 'populism'
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social
📣 New blog 📣
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
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'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
Article: White feminism and femonationalism in Germany (Victoria Scheyer) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Victoria Scheyer explores the role of white feminism in the mainstreaming of reactionary politics in Germany.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📣 New blog 📣
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
'Anyone opposing racist policies risks being accused of not caring about women’s safety.'
Victoria Scheyer discusses white feminism and femonationalism in the German context.
reacpol.net/white-femini...
You can find Georgios' research article, which this interview is based on, below.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right
Drawing on fieldwork in Munich and Karlsruhe during the February 2025 federal election, this article examines how the Alternative for Germany (AfD) de…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You can find Georgios' research article, which this interview is based on, below.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣New Interview📣
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
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'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
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Interview: Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right (Georgios Samaras) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Georgios Samaras's article 'Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right' (2025)
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October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📣New Interview📣
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'
@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.
reacpol.net/mnemonic-nor...
📣New Interview📣
'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'
@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.
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'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'
@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.
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Interview: If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next (Rob Walker) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Rob Walker and Kay Sidebottom's article 'If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next: rewriting the classroom script through affirmative ethics' (2025)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📣New Interview📣
'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'
@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.
reacpol.net/misogyny-fas...
'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'
@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.
reacpol.net/misogyny-fas...
Just one week to go before the submission deadline for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference. You can submit your paper to the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group stream below!
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October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just one week to go before the submission deadline for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference. You can submit your paper to the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group stream below!
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
ICYMI, check out @georgenewth.bsky.social's blog on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse and his ongoing enabling of the far right.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ICYMI, check out @georgenewth.bsky.social's blog on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse and his ongoing enabling of the far right.
reacpol.net/starmer-farr...
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📣 New blog 📣
'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.'
@georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse.
theconversation.com/starmer-has-...
'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.'
@georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse.
theconversation.com/starmer-has-...
Starmer has enabled the far right – promises of ‘progressive patriotism’ are no longer enough
After the unite the kingdom rally, the flag raising campaigns of recent weeks now look like astroturfing.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📣 New blog 📣
'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.'
@georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse.
theconversation.com/starmer-has-...
'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.'
@georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse.
theconversation.com/starmer-has-...
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Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context
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September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/on-reactiona...
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/on-reactiona...
📣Call for papers📣
If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October.
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October.
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
PSA Annual Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📣Call for papers📣
If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October.
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October.
www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
If you missed this year's summer school but feel you would belong there, consider joining the network!
Solidarity!
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Solidarity!
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The Reactionary Politics Research Network brings together researchers to study and tackle the rise of exclusionary, authoritarian and reactionary politics.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you missed this year's summer school but feel you would belong there, consider joining the network!
Solidarity!
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Solidarity!
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This means that we will continue to
- keep attendance free
- provide bursaries to those who need them
- welcome researchers from all backgrounds
- pay precariously employed speakers
- facilitate attendance for those who cannot be with us in person through a hybrid and interactive format
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- keep attendance free
- provide bursaries to those who need them
- welcome researchers from all backgrounds
- pay precariously employed speakers
- facilitate attendance for those who cannot be with us in person through a hybrid and interactive format
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September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This means that we will continue to
- keep attendance free
- provide bursaries to those who need them
- welcome researchers from all backgrounds
- pay precariously employed speakers
- facilitate attendance for those who cannot be with us in person through a hybrid and interactive format
3/
- keep attendance free
- provide bursaries to those who need them
- welcome researchers from all backgrounds
- pay precariously employed speakers
- facilitate attendance for those who cannot be with us in person through a hybrid and interactive format
3/
While securing funding for such events is difficult, we hope to keep the space alive for years to come, and crucially break accessibility barriers wherever we can
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September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
While securing funding for such events is difficult, we hope to keep the space alive for years to come, and crucially break accessibility barriers wherever we can
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That's a wrap!
The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over!
Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️
More info about the RPSS below
1/
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over!
Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️
More info about the RPSS below
1/
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
That's a wrap!
The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over!
Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️
More info about the RPSS below
1/
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over!
Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️
More info about the RPSS below
1/
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
You can find Meaghan's open access research article, which this interview is based on, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can find Meaghan's open access research article, which this interview is based on, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📣New interview📣
'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.'
Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence.
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'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.'
Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence.
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Interview: Manosphere creep in Netflix’s Adolescence (Meaghan Furlano) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Meaghan Furlano's article 'Manosphere creep: Emotional and hermeneutic labour in Netflix’s Adolescence' (2025)
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August 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📣New interview📣
'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.'
Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence.
reacpol.net/manosphere-c...
'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.'
Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence.
reacpol.net/manosphere-c...
📣New open access research article 📣
Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣New open access research article 📣
Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
You can find Daniel's research article, which this interview is based on here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization
The study of political polarization, in both its ideological and its affective expressions, has garnered significantly more interest over the last years. But despite recent research on the conceptual....
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August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
You can find Daniel's research article, which this interview is based on here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📣New interview📣
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
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''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
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Interview: Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization (Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Daniel Balinhas's article 'Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization' (2025)
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August 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📣New interview📣
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
📣New blog📣
'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.'
Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash.
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'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.'
Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash.
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Article: Why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash (Meaghan Furlano) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Meaghan Furlano explores recent campaign by American Eagle with Sydney Sweeney
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August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📣New blog📣
'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.'
Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash.
reacpol.net/sweeney-amer...
'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.'
Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash.
reacpol.net/sweeney-amer...
📣New interview📣
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
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@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
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Interview: Psychoanalytic theory, critical fantasy studies and the normalisation of the far right (Pasko Kisić-Merino) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Pasko Kisić-Merino's thesis 'Enjoying the Fall: The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security' (2025)
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August 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📣New interview📣
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
ICYMI check out @cburchett.bsky.social's interview on the far right's weaponisation of anti-antisemitism as part of their Islamophobic agenda.
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Interview: On the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by the far right (Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Claire Burchett's thesis 'Everyday victimhood on social media The discussion of Jews and (anti-)antisemitism in the populist radical right online space in France, Germany, a...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
ICYMI check out @cburchett.bsky.social's interview on the far right's weaponisation of anti-antisemitism as part of their Islamophobic agenda.
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'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.'
Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.
Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.
📣New review📣
@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.
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@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.
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Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams
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July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.'
Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.
Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.