This chapter turns its focus to the resurgence of the far-right, analyzing it as a distinct but structurally related response to the crises of neoliberal capitalism. It argues that the deindustrialization of the Global North has precipitated a “crisis of masculinity” among white working-class men, eroding traditional sources of identity and dignity tied to manual labor. The analysis shows how far-right groups expertly exploit this sense of loss, deploying a politics of nostalgia for a fantasized industrial past to mobilize disaffected men. Michael Kimmel’s concept of “aggrieved entitlement” is used to explain the righteous anger of historically dominant groups who feel their status is unjustly threatened. The chapter examines how anxieties about migration and multiculturalism are framed as an existential threat to the nation, with the “Great Replacement” theory providing a powerful conspiratorial narrative. The role of unregulated online platforms like 4chan and Telegram as incubators for far-right ideology is critically assessed, alongside the algorithmic amplification of extremist content by mainstream social media. A case study of the AfD in post-unification Germany illustrates how economic grievances are fused with racist hostility.

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Social Alienation and the Far-Right Resurgence

  • Tahir Abbas

摘要

This chapter turns its focus to the resurgence of the far-right, analyzing it as a distinct but structurally related response to the crises of neoliberal capitalism. It argues that the deindustrialization of the Global North has precipitated a “crisis of masculinity” among white working-class men, eroding traditional sources of identity and dignity tied to manual labor. The analysis shows how far-right groups expertly exploit this sense of loss, deploying a politics of nostalgia for a fantasized industrial past to mobilize disaffected men. Michael Kimmel’s concept of “aggrieved entitlement” is used to explain the righteous anger of historically dominant groups who feel their status is unjustly threatened. The chapter examines how anxieties about migration and multiculturalism are framed as an existential threat to the nation, with the “Great Replacement” theory providing a powerful conspiratorial narrative. The role of unregulated online platforms like 4chan and Telegram as incubators for far-right ideology is critically assessed, alongside the algorithmic amplification of extremist content by mainstream social media. A case study of the AfD in post-unification Germany illustrates how economic grievances are fused with racist hostility.