From Righteousness to Far Right: An Anthropological Rethinking of Critical Security Studies

In the wake of Europe's so-called refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016, even traditionally open countries such as Sweden and Germany adopted hostile policies on refugees, closing borders and linking refugees with terrorism and threats to national security. Once deemed taboo, uncharitable conduct towards those in need has become increasingly acceptable, and even desirable, throughout the Western world.

From Righteousness to Far Right follows nineteen months of ethnographic fieldwork with a grassro...