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The European Roots of the Alt-Right
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The European Roots of the Alt-Right

How Far-Right Ideas Are Going International


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The American media depicts the alt-right as a modern reincarnation of earlier US white supremacist movements. But, as political science professor George Hawley explains, the core of the alt-right’s ideals actually come from Europe, where, since the late 1960s, the far right has worked to recast racist and antidemocratic principles as a philosophy-based fight for cultural preservation. getAbstract believes anyone trying to understand the alt-right phenomenon will find this article helpful.

Take-Aways

  • America’s alt-right draws inspiration from the “European New Right” (ENR), which originated in France in the late 1960s.
  • Rejecting both globalism and multiculturalism, the ENR insists on the right of every culture to preserve its distinct identity and purity.
  • Guillaume Faye’s influential manifesto “Why We Fight” calls for the preservation of European civilization by excluding non-white immigrants, especially Muslims.

About the Author

George Hawley is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama and the author of Making Sense of the Alt-Right.


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