Left Theory and the Alt-Right
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Left Theory and the Alt-Right

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Left Theory and the Alt-Right

About this book

The alt-right movement in the United States has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its endsā€”and with varying degrees of success. Tracing occasions where figures on the alt-right reference left theory, this volume asks if the alt-right's reference of left theory is just bad reading, or are there troubling ways that certain types of left theory encourage such interpretations? What if the connections between left theory and the alt-right lie in the shared disdain for certain types of institutions, structures of power, and the status quo? Are there lessons to be learned in what can often appear as an overlapping desire to deconstruct concepts like truth, justice, freedom, and democracy? Drawing on the longer history of right-wing readings of left theory, this volume seeks to unpack these recent developments and consider their impact on the future of theory.

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Yes, you can access Left Theory and the Alt-Right by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A. Mcclennen, Jeffrey R. Di Leo,Sophia A Mcclennen,Sophia A. Mcclennen, Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A Mcclennen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032544878
eBook ISBN
9781000927672
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. An Introduction
  10. 1 Steal This Theory, or How the Alt-Right Accomplished the Intellectual Crime of the Century by Stealing Theory from the Left
  11. 2 The Three Stooges: How David Horowitz, Stanley Fish, and Cary Nelson Turned Academic Freedom into Right-Wing Slapstick
  12. 3 The Zionist's Gambit: Israel Politics, the ā€œAntisemitismā€ Ruse, and the Rightist Weaponization of Identity
  13. 4 The Public Use of Ressentiment
  14. 5 Glitch Politics: Specters of Alt-Right Anarchism
  15. 6 Inertia Creeps: Critical Theory on/as Stasis
  16. 7 Rocket Theory
  17. 8 Ugly Freedoms and the January 6 Insurrection
  18. 9 The Online House of Mirrors: Left Theory, Alt-Right Tactics, and Anticoalitional Digital ā€œCommunitiesā€
  19. 10 The 3-D Printed Gun, the Logic of Simulation, and the Postmodern Right
  20. 11 What's In a Face? Theory of the Mask
  21. 12 The Global Alt-Right as Prefigured by Roberto BolaƱo
  22. 13 Bad Laws: Torture John Yoo
  23. Index