1st Edition
The Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century Liberty Under Siege
Introduction
Ken Fuchsman and Brigitte Demeure
SECTION 1: OVERVIEW OF THE RADICAL RIGHT
1. The Radical Right and Populism in Europe and the U.S.
Cas Mudde Interview with Ken Fuchsman
2. The Emergence of the Populist Radical Right in a “Post-Fascist” Era
Ken Fuchsman Interview with Roger Griffin
3. Resentment and Fear of Loss in the Radical Right
Lawrence Rosenthal Interview with Ken Fuchsman
SECTION 2: THE U.S. RADICAL RIGHT
4. How Trump and the Radical Right Threaten(ed) the U.S. Democracy
Brigitte L. Nacos and Yaeli Bloch-Elkon
5. Donald Trump and the Eroding of the U.S. Constitution
Julie Novkov Interview with Ken Fuchsman
6. Donald Trump and the Evolving Radical Right
Ken Fuchsman
7. Hate Among U. S.Extremist White Supremacists: Female and Male
Kathleen Blee Interview with Ken Fuchsman
SECTION 3: INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
8. Transnational History of White Nationalism: Radical Ideologies and Terrorist Practices
Nicolas Lebourg
9. From the Nouvelle Droite to the Alt-Right, via the German “Conservative Revolution” and Nazism
Stéphane François
10. "Declaration of the Rights of Nations and Peoples" by the French Far Right
Brigitte Demeure
11. Reconquête! and Rassemblement National: Two Far-Right Parties at the Ballot Box
Marion Jacquet-Vaillant
SECTION 4: THE RADICAL RIGHT: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
12. Preventing People from Thinking: A New Form of Political Censorship?
Roland Gori Interview with Brigitte Demeure
13. “Who Are We Now” Question and Extreme Right-Wing Politics
Vamik Volkan
14. How the Radical Right Has Used the Coronavirus Crisis to Fuel Conspiracy Theories: Psychoanalytic and Socio-psychological Considerations
Hans-Jürgen Wirth
15. Pushing One's Own Advantage to the Detriment of Others: Social Darwinism as a Core Delusion of Right-Wing Politics
Josef Berghold
SECTION 5: THE FAR RIGHT AND DISTORTED NATIONAL MEMORIES
16. Identity by Refusing Mourning and Guilt? Traumatic Reasons and Abysses for Right-Wing Identity Politics
Bernd Nielsen
17. Against Fascism but Not Antifascists: The Political Strategy of Fratelli d’Italia
Giulia Chielli
18. Anti-Democracy in Turkey, Iran, Russia
Hamit Bozarslan Interview with Brigitte Demeure
Biography
Ken Fuchsman is Emeritus Faculty at the University of Connecticut, where he taught history and later interdisciplinary studies. He was also Executive Program Director of the Bachelor of General Studies program. His previous publications include Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump (Routledge, 2020), Healing, Rebirth and the Work of Michael Eigen (Routledge, 2021), and Sigmund Freud’s Inner Divisions (Routledge, 2026).
Brigitte Demeure holds a master’s degree in intercultural negotiation and a doctorate in history. She has worked for many years in international trade, but also for various international solidarity NGOs defending workers’ rights. She has authored the book La figure maternelle dans la vie politique française: 1789–1914 (Editions universitaires d’Avignon, 2023) and presented on the Radio France Culture program, Concordance des temps. She has received two ACOPSA (American College of Psychoanalysts) awards in 2014: a Clinical Research Award and a Distinguished Citizen Award.
