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Left Theory and the Alt-Right
Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A. Mcclennen, Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A Mcclennen
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Left Theory and the Alt-Right
Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A. Mcclennen, Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Sophia A Mcclennen
Informazioni sul libro
The alt-right movement in the United States has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its ends—and with varying degrees of success. Tracing occasions where figures on the alt-right reference left theory, this volume asks if the alt-right's reference of left theory is just bad reading, or are there troubling ways that certain types of left theory encourage such interpretations? What if the connections between left theory and the alt-right lie in the shared disdain for certain types of institutions, structures of power, and the status quo? Are there lessons to be learned in what can often appear as an overlapping desire to deconstruct concepts like truth, justice, freedom, and democracy? Drawing on the longer history of right-wing readings of left theory, this volume seeks to unpack these recent developments and consider their impact on the future of theory.
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Indice dei contenuti
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- An Introduction
- 1 Steal This Theory, or How the Alt-Right Accomplished the Intellectual Crime of the Century by Stealing Theory from the Left
- 2 The Three Stooges: How David Horowitz, Stanley Fish, and Cary Nelson Turned Academic Freedom into Right-Wing Slapstick
- 3 The Zionist's Gambit: Israel Politics, the “Antisemitism” Ruse, and the Rightist Weaponization of Identity
- 4 The Public Use of Ressentiment
- 5 Glitch Politics: Specters of Alt-Right Anarchism
- 6 Inertia Creeps: Critical Theory on/as Stasis
- 7 Rocket Theory
- 8 Ugly Freedoms and the January 6 Insurrection
- 9 The Online House of Mirrors: Left Theory, Alt-Right Tactics, and Anticoalitional Digital “Communities”
- 10 The 3-D Printed Gun, the Logic of Simulation, and the Postmodern Right
- 11 What's In a Face? Theory of the Mask
- 12 The Global Alt-Right as Prefigured by Roberto Bolaño
- 13 Bad Laws: Torture John Yoo
- Index