Far-Right Politics in Europe

Synopsis

In Europe Today, Staunchly Nationalist Parties Such As France's National Front And The Austrian Freedom Party Are Identified As Far-right Movements, Though Supporters Seldom Embrace That Label. More Often, Far-right Is Pejorative, Used By Liberals To Tar These Groups With The Taint Of Fascism, Nazism, And Other Discredited Ideologies. Jean-yves Camus And Nicolas Lebourg's Critical Look At The Far Right Throughout Europe--from The United Kingdom To France, Germany, Poland, Italy, And Elsewhere--reveals A Pre-history And Politics More Complex Than The Stereotypes Suggest And Warns Of The Challenges These Movements Pose To The Eu's Liberal-democratic Order. The European Far Right Represents A Confluence Of Many Ideologies: Nationalism, Socialism, Anti-semitism, Authoritarianism. In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, The Radical Far Right Achieved Its Apotheosis In The Regimes Of Fascist Italy And Nazi Germany. But Far-right Movements Have Evolved Significantly Since 1945, As Far-right Politics In Europe Makes Clear. The 1980s Marked A Turning Point In Political Fortunes, As National-populist Parties Began Winning Seats In European Parliaments. Since The Terrorist Attacks Of 9/11, A New Wave Has Unfurled, One That Is Explicitly Anti-immigrant And Islamophobic In Outlook. Though Europe's Far-right Parties Differ In Important Respects, They Are Motivated By A Common Sense Of Mission: To Save Their Homelands From The Corrosive Effects Of Multiculturalism And Globalization By Creating A Closed-off, Ethnically Homogeneous Society. Members Of These Movements Are Increasingly Determined To Gain Power Through Legitimate Electoral Means. In Democracies Across Europe, They Are Succeeding.-- Introduction: How The Far Right Came Into Being -- What To Do After Fascism? -- White Power -- The New Right In All Its Diversity -- Religious Fundamentalism -- The Populist Parties -- What's New To The East? -- Conclusion: How The Far Right May Cease To Be. Jean-yves Camus, Nicolas Lebourg ; Translated By Jane Marie Todd. This Book Was Originally Published As Les Droites Extrêmes En Europe © Éditions Du Seuil, 2015--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The French.