A philosophical and historical analysis of “Generation Identity”: fascism, online media, and the European New Right Richards, Imogen 2019, A philosophical and historical analysis of “Generation Identity”: fascism, online media, and the European New Right, Terrorism and political violence, pp. 1-29. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A philosophical and historical analysis of “Generation Identity”: fascism, online media, and the European New Right Author(s) Richards, Imogen orcid.org/0000-0001-6317-5631 Journal name Terrorism and political violence Start page 1 End page 29 Total pages 29 Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2019-09-10 ISSN 0954-6553 Keyword(s) Generation Identity fascism European New Right activism social media Summary This article analyzes ideological and organizational characteristics of the pan-European youth movement, “Generation Identity” (GI), through a philosophical and historical lens. With a synoptic perspective on existing and original research, it outlines an analysis of key GI literature as well as its ideological influences, activist behavior, and media strategies. This research reveals that, like other 20th and 21st century examples of neo-fascism, the movement is syncretic and attempts to legitimize its political aims through reference to historical quasi- and proto-fascist cases, in combination with popular left and right-wing political ideals. A reflection on GI’s activist behavior, on the other hand, demonstrates that the movement is relatively unique in the field of current far-right politics; particularly in the extent to which it draws practical inspiration from the tactics and propagandizing strategies of contemporary left-wing movements. GI’s online presence, including its leaders’ promotion of gamification, also illustrates its distinctive appeal to young, relatively affluent, countercultural and digitally-literate populations. Finally, while in many respects GI is characteristic of the “European New Right” (ENR), the analysis finds that its spokespersons’ various promotion of capitalism and commodification, including through their advocacy of international trade and sale of merchandise, diverges from the anti-capitalist philosophizing of contemporary ENR thinkers. Language eng Indigenous content off Field of Research 1602 Criminology 1606 Political Science HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2019, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30129374 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 30 Aug 2019, 12:48:03 EST Sat, 31 Aug 2019, 05:00:21 EST Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 07:54:10 EST Wed, 11 Sep 2019, 06:03:03 EST Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 09:39:47 EST Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 09:42:32 EST Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 09:43:32 EST Wed, 16 Oct 2019, 10:31:37 EST Wed, 16 Oct 2019, 10:32:20 EST Wed, 16 Oct 2019, 10:32:56 EST Wed, 16 Oct 2019, 11:13:40 EST Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 01:31:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 64 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 30 Aug 2019, 12:48:03 EST

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