1st Edition

Radical Right Populism in Germany AfD, Pegida, and the Identitarian Movement

By Ralf Havertz Copyright 2021
202 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of radical right populism in Germany. It gives an overview of historical developments of the phenomenon and its current appearance. It examines three of the main far-right organizations in Germany: the radical right populist party AfD (Alternative for Germany), Pegida (Patriotic Europeans against the Islamification of the Occident), and the Identitarian... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Populism and Radical Right Populism

3. Radical Right Populist Precursors of AfD

4. A Short History of AfD

5. AfD’s Radical Right Populism

6. Volkish Nationalism as Core Ideology

7. AfD’s Reluctant Hard Euroscepticism

8. Radical Right Populist Hostility Toward Islam

9. Antisemitism and Historical Revisionism

10. AfD as "Anti-Gender Party"

11. Strategy of Ambivalence: AfD between Neoliberalism and Social Populism

12. Conclusion

Appendix

Biography

Ralf Havertz is Associate Professor of International Relations at Keimyung University in South Korea. He has published a study about the intellectual New Right in Germany and several articles on the rise of radical right populism in Germany.