The Ideology of Political Reactionaries

The Ideology of Political Reactionaries offers a new perspective on the beliefs reactionaries share, presenting a theory of reactionary ideology in the process. Rather than taking self-contradictions in the reactionary imagination as a reason for diminishment, complexity is taken as a challenge.

Autorentext

Richard Shorten is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. His research focuses on the history of modern political ideas, particularly in twentieth-century Europe. He is the author of Modernism and Totalitarianism (2012). He has written widely on topics relating to extremism and political violence.

Klappentext

The Ideology of Political Reactionaries offers a new perspective on the beliefs reactionaries share, presenting a theory of reactionary ideology in the process. Rather than taking self-contradictions in the reactionary imagination as a reason for diminishment, complexity is taken as a challenge.

Zusammenfassung
The Ideology of Political Reactionaries offers a new perspective on the beliefs reactionaries share, presenting a theory of reactionary ideology in the process. Rather than taking self-contradictions in the reactionary imagination as a reason for diminishment, complexity is taken as a challenge.

Inhalt

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: Reactionaries from Dispositions to Rhetoric

Part I: Indignation: The Pathos of Reaction

1. Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre

2. Sarah Palin and Donald Trump

Part II: Decadence: The Logos of Reaction

3. Adolf Hitler and Nazism

4. Éric Zemmour and Les nouveaux réactionnaires

Part III: Conspiracy: The Ethos of Reaction

5. Senator Joe McCarthy

6. Anders Breivik

7. Nigel Farage

8. Conclusion: Reactionaries from Appeals to Styles

Index