Nationalism and the Body Politic

Name: Nationalism and the Body Politic
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Nationalism and the Body PoliticAuthor(s): Lene Auestad\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367101411, 978-0367101411\nSynopsis\nThis volume aims to question the recent revival of neo-nationalist policies in the light of what unconscious fantasies are involved in these developments. It examines both recent movements of right-wing extremism and the way in which rearticulated neo-ethnic ideas have been adopted by mainstream politicians and in mainstream public discourse. Politicians from other than the right-wing populist parties have tended to resist specific ways of talking that are considered too extremist, rather than their underlying frame of interpretation. Governments across Europe have adopted anti-immigrant and anti-Roma policies. Xenophobia and hostility towards 'others' is on the rise, along with appeals to \""Tradition and Security\"". 'Cultures of fear' are linked with fantasies of fusion or 'imagined samen.