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Bait and Switch
The American Alt-Right’s Manufactured Martyrdom
Bait and Switch
The American Alt-Right’s Manufactured Martyrdom
Description
Exclusionary notions of American national identity have been endemic since the country’s founding. Since the Culture Wars, they have returned with vengeance. One of their champions is a new generation of tech savvy activists known as the Alt-Right. This is a movement that embraces a vision of America that is unapologetically white and Christian supremacist, misogynistic and xenophobic. Rather than see the Alt-Right as an outlier, the authors of this book treat it as an integral part of an endemic battler over the articulation of American national identity. Critically, what distinguishes these cyber warriors from other far-right movements is their rhetorical style. Their far-right counterparts employ muscular rhetoric and demand the right to dominate. The Alt-Right, on the other hand, has opted for a weapons-of-the-weak strategy and accuses adversaries of persecuting them. Embracing a cult of victimhood, this shift in rhetorical tactic is not only a matter of gaslighting; its goal is to justify potential acts of violence.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1: American National Identities
Chapter 2: Culture Wars
Chapter 3: The Far Right
Chapter 4: Cult of Victimhood
Chapter 5: Alt–Right Thinkers
Chapter 6: Alt Right Out from the Shadows
Chapter 7: Fuentes, Taylor and Peinovich
Conclusion: Down, But Far from Out
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Product details
| Published | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 218 |
| ISBN | 9798216338628 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 2 Graphs |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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