Post-Digital Cultures of the Far Right : Online Actions and Offline Consequences in Europe and the US

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 counter-cultural approaches civil societies should develop in response. "How have digital tools and networks transformed the far rights strategies and transnational prospects? This volume presents a unique critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols and platforms that are strategically remixed by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and the US. It features thirteen accessible essays by an international range of expert scholars, policy advisors and activists who offer informed answers to a number of urgent practical and theoretical questions: How and why has the internet emboldened extreme nationalisms? What counter-cultural approaches should civil societies develop in response?How have digital tools and networks transformed the far rights strategies and transnational prospects? This volume presents a unique critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols and platforms that are strategically remixed by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and the US. It features thirteen accessible essays by an international range of expert scholars, policy advisors and activists who offer informed answers to a number of urgent practical and theoretical questions: How and why has the internet emboldened extreme nationalisms? What counter-cultural approaches should civil societies develop in response?"--Provided by publisher Contents Introduction Analyzing Understanding the Alt-Right. Ideologues, ‘Lulz’ and Hiding in Plain Sight LARPing & Liberal Tears. Irony, Belief and Idiocy in the Deep Vernacular Web Parallel Ports. Sociotechnical Change from the Alt-Right to Alt-Tech Creating a New Normal. The Mainstreaming of Far-Right Ideas Through Online and Offline Action in Hungary Between Anti-Feminism and Ethnicized Sexism. Far-Right Gender Politics in Germany The Far Right Across Borders. Networks and Issues of (Trans)National Cooperation in Western Europe on Twitter Zine Publishing and the Polish Far Right Unmasking What Makes a Symbol Far Right? Co-opted and Missed Meanings in Far-Right Iconography “Do You Want Meme War?” Understanding the Visual Memes of the German Far Right The Murder of Keira. Misinformation and Hate Speech as Far-Right Online Strategies Counter-Creativity. Innovative Ways to Counter Far-Right Communication Tactics Activating the Archive From Below at a Moment of Cultural and Political Crisis Back to Front Truths. Hate Library Biographical Notes

How have digital tools and networks transformed the far right's strategies and transnational prospects? This volume presents a unique critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols and platforms that are strategically remixed by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and the US. It features thirteen accessible essays by an international range of expert scholars, policy advisors and activists who offer informed answers to a number of urgent practical and theoretical questions: How and why has the internet emboldened extreme nationalisms? What counter-cultural approaches should civil societies develop in response?