Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right
A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people

Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements. Hate in the Homeland shows how tomorrow's far-right nationalists are being recruited in surprising places, from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms, and YouTube cooking channels.

Instead of focusing on the how and why of far-right radicalization, Cynthia Miller-Idriss seeks answers in the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. Where does the far right do its recruiting? When do young people encounter extremist messaging in their everyday lives? Miller-Idriss shows how far-right groups are swelling their ranks and developing their cultural, intellectual, and financial capacities in a variety of mainstream settings. She demonstrates how young people on the margins of our communities are targeted in these settings, and how the path to radicalization is a nuanced process of moving in and out of far-right scenes throughout adolescence and adulthood.

Hate in the Homeland is essential for understanding the tactics and underlying ideas of modern far-right extremism. This eye-opening book takes readers into the mainstream places and spaces where today's far right is engaging and ensnaring young people, and reveals innovative strategies we can use to combat extremist radicalization.

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Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right
A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people

Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements. Hate in the Homeland shows how tomorrow's far-right nationalists are being recruited in surprising places, from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms, and YouTube cooking channels.

Instead of focusing on the how and why of far-right radicalization, Cynthia Miller-Idriss seeks answers in the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. Where does the far right do its recruiting? When do young people encounter extremist messaging in their everyday lives? Miller-Idriss shows how far-right groups are swelling their ranks and developing their cultural, intellectual, and financial capacities in a variety of mainstream settings. She demonstrates how young people on the margins of our communities are targeted in these settings, and how the path to radicalization is a nuanced process of moving in and out of far-right scenes throughout adolescence and adulthood.

Hate in the Homeland is essential for understanding the tactics and underlying ideas of modern far-right extremism. This eye-opening book takes readers into the mainstream places and spaces where today's far right is engaging and ensnaring young people, and reveals innovative strategies we can use to combat extremist radicalization.

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Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right

Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right

by Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right

Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right

by Cynthia Miller-Idriss

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Overview

A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people

Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements. Hate in the Homeland shows how tomorrow's far-right nationalists are being recruited in surprising places, from college campuses and mixed martial arts gyms to clothing stores, online gaming chat rooms, and YouTube cooking channels.

Instead of focusing on the how and why of far-right radicalization, Cynthia Miller-Idriss seeks answers in the physical and virtual spaces where hate is cultivated. Where does the far right do its recruiting? When do young people encounter extremist messaging in their everyday lives? Miller-Idriss shows how far-right groups are swelling their ranks and developing their cultural, intellectual, and financial capacities in a variety of mainstream settings. She demonstrates how young people on the margins of our communities are targeted in these settings, and how the path to radicalization is a nuanced process of moving in and out of far-right scenes throughout adolescence and adulthood.

Hate in the Homeland is essential for understanding the tactics and underlying ideas of modern far-right extremism. This eye-opening book takes readers into the mainstream places and spaces where today's far right is engaging and ensnaring young people, and reveals innovative strategies we can use to combat extremist radicalization.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691222943
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 01/11/2022
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Education at American University, where she runs the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). She is the author of The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany (Princeton) and Blood and Culture: Youth, Right-Wing Extremism, and National Belonging in Contemporary Germany. Twitter @milleridriss

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition xiii

Preface and Acknowledgements xxvii

Abbreviations xxxi

Introduction: The Where and When of Radicalization 1

What Is the Far Right? 4

Contested Labels 15

Blurriness and Contestation across the Far-Right Spectrum 17

How Big Is the Threat? 19

Youth Spaces, Youth Places 22

Overview of the Book 27

Chapter 1 Space, Place, and the Power of Homelands 29

Space and Place 30

Homelands and Heartlands 32

The Fantasy of a White Ethno-state 39

National Liberated Zones 41

Space, Place, and Extremist Radicalization 44

Chapter 2 Mainstreaming the Message 45

Extreme Ideas in Political Speech 48

Valorizing the Pure People 48

Embedding Anti-immigrant Messages in Antiglobalization Frames 50

Immigration as Existential Threat: Normalizing the Rhetoric of White Genocide 53

Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories 55

From Pizzagate to the Migrant Caravan: Conspiracy Theories and the Far Right 56

Weaponizing Youth Culture: Mainstreamed Aesthetics 62

Cleaning Up Extreme Ideas 63

Weaponizing Youth Culture: Humor and New Communication Styles 65

Integrated Mainstreaming 67

Chapter 3 Selling Extremism: Pood, Fashion, and Far-Right Markets 69

Edible Extremism: Preppingin the Kitchen, Prepping for the End Times 70

Wearable Hate: Extremist Clothing 78

Packaging Extremist Messaging 82

Broadening the Base: Recruitment to the Far Right 83

Embodying Extremism: How Commercial Markets and Products Can Radicalize 85

Mobilization: Access and Action 87

Funding and Supporting Extremism 89

To Ban or Not to Ban 91

Chapter 4 Defending the Homeland: Fight Clubs and the Mixed Martial Arts 93

Mixed Martial Arts as Recruitment and Regulation 101

Fight Like a Man: Violent Masculinities and Radicalization 105

Off the Laptop, into the Boxing Ring: MMA's Physical Spaces 107

Breaking Up the Fight 109

Chapter 5 Grooming and Recruiting: Cultivating Intellectual Leadership 111

Hate Comes to Campus 112

Free Speech and Far-Right Provocateurs 114

Far-Right Paper Fliers and Campus Recruiting 117

Hate Incidents Directed at Students and Scholars 120

"Cultural Marxism" and Attacks on Knowledge 123

Appropriation of Knowledge 125

Knowledge for and by the Far Right 128

The Return of Race Science 132

Responses to Rising Hate in Higher Education 136

Chapter 6 Weaponizing Online Spaces 138

Going Online: How the Internet Fuels Far-Right Extremism 139

Exposure and Amplification 145

Two Clicks from Extremism: Algorithmic Radicalization 147

Weaponizing Humor: Memes and Emoji 151

Building Resources, Training, and Global Networks 155

Online Spaces as a Battleground 158

Impact and Interventions in Online Spaces 159

Conclusion: Whose Homeland? Inoculating against Hate 161

What New Spaces and Places Mean for the Growth of Far-Right Extremism 163

How to Reach Youth in Particular Spaces and Places 166

Policy Solutions 170

Lessons from Elsewhere 173

Notes 179

Bibliography 221

Index 237

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From the Publisher

"From a foremost expert in the field, Hate in the Homeland is the most sweeping and persuasive account yet of the worldwide threat to democracy posed by the resurgent white power movement and other far-right activists. In examining the spaces and processes of radicalization, Miller-Idriss offers hope for real solutions. This book is required reading, especially for journalists, policymakers, and activists."—Kathleen Belew, author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

"Hate in the Homeland is a profound, robust, and highly original work by one of the world's very top scholars of the far right. In this pathbreaking and important book, Cynthia Miller-Idriss explores critical, overlooked avenues for combatting the rise of far-right extremism across the globe."—Kathleen M. Blee, author of Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s

"Cynthia Miller-Idriss wants us to focus not only on the global movements that empower right-wing extremism but also on our daily experiences and interactions with extremists, as a way of understanding the danger we face. Most importantly, she uses this unique perspective to offer new ideas about how to counter the hate in our midst."—Tom Nichols, author of The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

"An important contribution to our understanding of modern hate and how it spreads, this book is not just for experts who study extremist movements but for anyone who cares about how hate can penetrate the spaces all around us."—Oren Segal, Center on Extremism

"Highly original. Miller-Idriss argues that we must understand the mainstreaming of the far right in its specific spaces, in particular those spaces where youths will encounter the far right. She shows how the far right pushes boundaries and attracts youths, slowly but steadily radicalizing them and drawing them in further."—Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today

"Once again, Cynthia Miller-Idriss has shown her mastery of one of the most terrifying and growing social movements of our time. But this book does something much more important than just that, because Miller-Idriss also gives us solutions. Hate in the Homeland is a must-read for academics and also for practitioners working to stop the spread of hateful ideas among young people."—Heidi Beirich, cofounder, Global Project against Hate and Extremism

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