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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 12d

📣 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.

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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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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 14d

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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 12d

📣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.

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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 26d

If you missed this year's summer school but feel you would belong there, consider joining the network!

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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 26d

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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Another photo of the room with participants online and in person

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 26d

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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Room with arouhd 30 participants sitting around table and online participants on one of the screens

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 26d

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

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RPSS banner next to the stairs towards the room

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 29

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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣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!

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Jul 16

'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.

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣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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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 21

You can find Mohamed's research article, which this interview is based on, here: brill.com/view/journal...

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣New interview📣

@uselesssimo.bsky.social discusses reactionary digital cultures in Morocco and their links to the global far right. Check it out below!

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Interview: Reinventing the Right in Morocco (Mohamed Salhi) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Mohamed Salhi's article 'Reinventing the Right in Morocco: Right-Wing Populist Discourses and Sentiments in Moroccan Online Spaces ' (2025)

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

You can find more information on the reviewed book here: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

Fascism and the Women's Cause — Ebb

Fascism and the Women’s Cause investigates the tangled roots of the women’s struggle and the manifestations of the women’s cause today in violent moral panics against queer and racialised people as ge...

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣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.

reacpol.net/fascism-wome...

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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 7

You can find Georgios' research article, which this interview is based on, here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hide and seek: extreme-right leadership and communication tactics behind bars in Greece

This study critically examines how the Greek extreme-right harnesses persuasive communication and tactical campaigning under severe constraints, focusing on Ilias Kasidiaris – a former Golden Dawn ...

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣New interview📣

@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the Greek neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, and the limitations of legal repression in tackling the far right.

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Interview: Extreme-right leadership and communication tactics behind bars in Greece (Georgios Samaras) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Georgios Samaras's article 'Hide and seek: extreme-right leadership and communication tactics behind bars in Greece' (2025)

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Only two weeks to go until applications for the Reactionary Politics Summer School close. Sign up below!

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣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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Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣New interview📣

@cburchett.bsky.social discusses the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by far-right parties and its role in their Islamophobic discourse.

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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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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jun 27

"The coloniality of sexual violence tells us that white supremacy both enacts rampant sexual violence and projects it onto the Other."

Alison Phipps reflects on sexual violence in racial capitalism in her interview with the RPRN.

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Interview: Sexual violence in racial capitalism (Alison Phipps) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Alison Phipps's forthcoming book Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism (2025)

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