American extremism : history, politics and the militia movement / / D. J. Mulloy

• Autore: Mulloy D. J.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.4/2/0973
• Soggetto topico: Militia movements - United States; Radicalism - United States; Right-wing extremists - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Series editors' preface; Introducing the militia movement; Approaching extremism: theoretical perspectives on the far right in American history; Conversations with the dead: the militia movement and American history; A Revolutionary history; A republican tradition; A frontier nation; Conclusion: history and conspiracy; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and shows how militia members employ the myths, metaphors and perceived historical lessons of the American Revolution, the constitutional settlement and America's frontier experience to do so. Mulloy argues that militia members' search for the 'authority of history' leads them to a position best characterized as 'ahistorical historicism', in which political interests in the present are given greater weight than the demands of a historicall
• Titolo autorizzato: American extremism
• ISBN: 1-134-35801-6; 1-134-35802-4; 0-203-39037-7; 1-280-05482-4; 0-203-35206-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783733303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in extremism and democracy.