9.The far-right in Europe - Alex dJ
First part
What are right-wing politics and ideology?
- What is ‘ideology’?
The dominance of right-wing ideology:
- The ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class
- The ‘liberal split’ in bourgeois ideology
- ‘Instrumental reason’ in capitalism
How does right-wing ideology work?
- Religion, nationalism, patriarchy
- Imagined communities, havens in a heartless world
Second part
Fascism: what is it? (and does it matter what it is?)
- The causes of fascism
- Fascism as a mass-movement
- instrument of capital, a revolution against the revolution, or both?
The far-right today
- The idea of ‘post-fascism’
- Causes for the appeal of the far-right
Third part
Left-wing strategies against fascism
- Popular front or United front
- The struggle for democracy