Post-Digital Cultures of the Far Right - by Maik Fielitz & Nick Thurston (Paperback)

About the Book

This volume presents a critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols, and platforms that are used by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and North America. Featuring short, accessible analyses, the book explains how and why the Internet has been crucial to emboldening extremism and how civil societies should respond.

Book Synopsis

How does the far right operate today? This volume presents a unique critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols, and platforms that are strategically remixed to stake national and transnational cultural claims by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and North America. Featuring short, accessible analyses by an international range of expert scholars, policy advisors, and activists, the book offers a plurality of answers to practical and theoretical questions about how and why the Internet has been crucial to emboldening extreme nationalisms in these regions and what cultural approaches civil societies should develop in response.

About the Author

Maik Fielitz is research associate at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg and a PhD candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt. He works on far-right extremism and social movements in Europe and is fellow at the Center for Analysis of the Radical Right.

Nick Thurston is associate professor in the School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. He publishes regularly on the connections between contemporary art, literature, and media studies to issues of public language, publishing cultures, and innovative writing. His artworks have been exhibited in Europe and North America and are held in public and private collections.