Nationalism and the Body Politic - 9781780491028

Taylor & Francis

Nationalism and the Body PoliticAuthor(s): Lene Auestad\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Karnac Books\nISBN-13: 9781780491028, 978-1780491028\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 [url] 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 sameness'. Alongside th.