Global Identitarianism

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Outline of the Book
Notes
Part I Europe
1 Before Identitarianism: European Identity in the European Far Right
Introduction
Europe, Identity and the Far Right
The Movimento Sociale Italiano and Rassemblement National’s European Identities
Defining the Community: What Is Europe?
Setting the Boundaries of the Community: Who Belongs?
European Identity and Belonging: ‘We the Europeans’?
Conclusion and Future Directions
Note
References
2 The Identitarian Movement in Germany: Its Rise and Fall
Identitarians in Germany
Three Strategies That Make Identitarians Successful in Their Organizational Culture
Diversity Versus the “Great Replacement”
Diversity in the Organization Needs Different Narratives to Suit Everyone
Identitarians Become the Identity of Their Members. They Have an Impact On Everyday Life
What Remains
Notes
References
3 Identitarianism in Denmark
A Small Milieu
Changing the Discourse
The Normalisation of the Danish Far-Right
In the Shadow of the Cartoon Crisis
In the Media Limelight
Rivers of Blood
A Calculated and Choreographed Spectacle
Hijacking the Discourse
A Short-Lived Success
A Turning Point
Carrying On the Identitarian Torch
References
4 The Identitarian Movement in Portugal at the Beginning of the 21st Century
An Overview of the Radical Right at the Dawn of the 21st Century
The Causa Identitária
Terra E Povo in Portugal
Identitarians of the Second Decade
The Associação Cívica Portugueses Primeiro
Escudo Identitário
O Bom Europeu
Conclusions
Notes
References
Part II Networking
5 Defend Europe and Transnational Activism
Introduction
Transnational Activism and Master Frames
Data Collection
Introducing GI’s Protest Repertoires and Communication Forms
Contesting at the EU’s Internal and External Borders: The ‘Defend Europe’ Missions
First ‘Defend Europe’ Mission in the Mediterranean (July–August 2017)
The Aftermath of the Mediterranean Mission
Second “Defend Europe Mission” in the French-Italian Alps (April 2018)
The Aftermath of the Alps Mission
Third “Defend Europe” Mission in the Pyrenees (January 2021)
The Aftermath of the Pyrenees Mission
Conclusion: The Transnational Mission to “Defend Europe”
Notes
References
6 Building a Transnational Identitarian Movement?: Limits to the Diffusion of Génération Identitaire in Europe
Introduction—Framing the Study of a Transnational Diffusion Process
Analyzing Diffusion: Data Utilized
A Common Mobilization Framework
A Limited Activists’ Network
A (Limited and Declining) Coordination of the Transnational Chapters
New Demands, Unchanged Targets
Conclusion
Notes
References
7 Identitarians Versus Big Tech: The Limits of Digital Metapolitics
Introduction
Identitarian Digital Metapolitics
Under Platform Rule: The Dependency On External Affordances
The Great Deplatforming: The Case of Germany
The Closing Window of a Digital Opportunity for Identitarianism
Conclusion
References
Part III North America
8 Continuity and Disruption: American White Nationalism, the Alt-Right, and the Politics of Displacement at the Beginning …
Introduction
The 1990s
An Emerging White Nationalism
The Paleocons
The Alt-Right Begins
Alt-Right Ideology
Trump and the Trump Presidency
Conclusion: As Things Were and What Lies Ahead
Notes
References
9 The Far Right, White Identity Politics, and the Failure of Organized Identitarianism in the United States
Setting the Stage for Identitarianism in the United States
Nathan Damigo and the Founding of Identity Evropa
Patrick Casey, Identity Evropa, and the Rebranding to the American Identity Movement
The Revealing Differences Between IE and AIM
The Failure of Organized Identitarianism in the United States
Conclusion
Notes
References
10 #SecureTheFrontier: On Nostalgia and Identity Construction Amongst Canadian Identitarians
Introduction
Field Sites and Methods
ID Canada and the Ethno-Nationalist Right Wing
The Ethnicity Problem
Builders as Native: Emergence of the Settler Identity
Collective Nostalgia and the Settler Ancestor
Threatened Heartland and the Ancestors Who Conquered It
Conclusions and Future Directions
References
11 Masculinist Identitarians, Strategic Culture, and Eurocene Geopolitics
Introduction
Geopolitics, Strategic Culture, and Virility
Territory and Communication
Homeland and Brotherhood
War
Identitarianism From Europe to the Eurocene
Notes
References
Part IV Australia
12 Far-Right Identitarianism in Australia
Identitarian Ideology
Identitarianism in Australia
Identitarian Groups
Identitarianism, Political Violence and Australian Far-Right Groups
Professional Politics in Australia
Ideational Connections
Concluding Comments
Note
References
Part V South America
13 Identitarianism in Brazil
Introduction
Identity in the Brazilian Far Right: A Few Notes
Identitarianism and Right-Wing Groupuscules
Identitarian Echoes
Conclusion
Future Directions/Research
Note
References
14 “Chileans First!”: Movimiento Social Patriota, Acción Identitaria and Identitarianism in Chile
Introduction: A New Hello?
“Anti-globalists National-Populists”: Movimiento Social Patriota
“A Chilean Never Surrenders”: Acción Identitaria
Conclusion: Glocalization?
Bibliography
Part VI Concluding Remarks
Postscript
Why Is This Book Relevant?
Notes
Index