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Record Nr.

UNINA9910370057803321

Autore

Wahl Klaus

Titolo

The Radical Right : Biopsychosocial Roots and International Variations  / / by Klaus Wahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-25131-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso electrónico (XV,379 p.)

Disciplina

305.568

322.42

Soggetti

Political sociology

Comparative politics

Personality

Social psychology

Political Sociology

Comparative Politics

Personality and Social Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Índice. p. 369-379

Referencias bibliográficas al final de cada capítulo

Nota di contenuto

1. The Radical Right: More Than a Topic of Political Science -- 2. Fear, Hate, and Hope: A Biopsychosociological Model of the Radical Right -- 3. Psychological and Biological Factors: From Personality Back to Evolution. - 4. Sociological and Historical Factors: From the Present Society Back to History. - 5. The Radical Right in Europe: Variations of a Socio-Political Phenomenon. - 6. The Radical Right in Europe: Sociological and Historical Causes and Conditions. - 7. Making America Great Again? The Radical Right in the United States; Klaus Wahl and Heather Painter -- 8. Bundling Insights, Expanding Horizons, and Offering Solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the rise in xenophobia, racism, and radical right political parties, movements, and violent groups over recent years. The author provides a summary of the current state of international and interdisciplinary research on the multilevel explanations of right-wing



radical thought, comparing similarities and differences across Europe and the United States. By integrating findings from psychology, history, social and life sciences, he proposes a biopsychosociological model of the conditions, causes, catalysts, and triggers of phenomena of the radical right across the world. Following a ‘demand’ and ‘supply’ analysis, Wahl explores the interaction of evolutionary emotional mechanisms and socialization processes with various environmental conditions, and consequent manifestations of radical right groups, to identify possibilities to slow down the rise and effects of the radical right.