Global Identitarianism is about the global spread of the new far-right ideology and social movement Identitarianism.
Founded in France in 2003, Identitarianism has inspired a range of groups such as Generation Identity in Europe and the alt-right in America. It has been spread by a far-right constellation that includes white nationalist direct action groups, think tanks, ‘alternative media’ organizations, social media ‘celebrities’, and political candidates.
This book explores the global reach of this contentious far-right social movement using examples from Europe, North America, Australia, and South America.
It will be essential reading for scholars and activists alike with an interest in race relations, fascism, extremism, migration studies, and social movements.
Introduction
José Pedro Zúquete and Riccardo Marchi
Part I: Europe
1. Before Identitarianism: European Identity in the European Far Right
Marta Lorimer
2. The Identitarian Movement in Germany: Its Rise and Fall
Alice Blum
3. Identitarianism in Denmark
Mathias Hee Pedersen
4. The Identitarian Movement in Portugal at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Riccardo Marchi and Gabriel Guimarães
Part II: Networking
5. Defend Europe and Transnational Activism
Damla Keşkekci and Anita Nissen
6. Building a Transnational Identitarian Movement? Limits to the Diffusion of Génération Identitaire in Europe
Marion Jacquet-Vaillant
7. Identitarians versus Big Tech: The Limits of Digital Metapolitics
Maik Fielitz
Part III: North America
8. Continuity and Disruption: American White Nationalism, the Alt-Right, and the Politics of Displacement at the Beginning of the 21st Century
D. J. Mulloy
9. The Far Right, White Identity Politics, and the Failure of Organized Identitarianism in the United States
Alexandra Minna Stern
10. #SecureTheFrontier: On Nostalgia and Identity Construction Amongst Canadian Identitarians
Amy C. Mack
11. Masculinist Identitarians, Strategic Culture, and Eurocene Geopolitics
Josh Vandiver
Part IV: Australia
12. Far-Right Identitarianism in Australia
Imogen Richards and Callum Jones
Part V: South America
13. Identitarianism in Brazil
Odilon Caldeira Neto
14. "Chileans First!": Movimiento Social Patriota, Acción Identitaria and Identitarianism in Chile
Boris Matías Grinchpun
Part VI: Concluding Remarks
Postscript
José Pedro Zúquete and Riccardo Marchi
Biography
José Pedro Zúquete is Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, DC, USA. He is a political scientist whose research focuses mainly on comparative politics, social movements, and extremism. His previous books include the Routledge International Handbook of Charisma (ed., Routledge, 2021).
Riccardo Marchi is Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. His previous publications include The Portuguese Far Right (2019). His research field is the right-wing radicalism (political thought, parties, and movements) in contemporary Europe, focusing on the Portuguese case between late authoritarianism and democracy.
