Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: The Alt-Right on Building Christendom Without Christ
The rise of the Alt-Right has changed the face of the American and international far-right. Although an online movement, it has shown a growing influence on political discourse. One puzzling and understudied aspect of this movement is its relationship to religion. Stanchly anti-Muslim and heavily re...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Año: 2019, Volumen: 18, Número: 54, Páginas: 79-92 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
USA
/ Extremismo de la derecha
/ Personas blancas
/ Predominio
/ Cristianismo
/ Ateísmo
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AB Filosofía de la religión AD Sociología de la religión KBQ América del Norte ZC Política general |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Discourse
B Media social B Alt-Right B far-right B Paganism B Youtube B Christianity B Social Movements B New Atheism |
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| Sumario: | The rise of the Alt-Right has changed the face of the American and international far-right. Although an online movement, it has shown a growing influence on political discourse. One puzzling and understudied aspect of this movement is its relationship to religion. Stanchly anti-Muslim and heavily reliant on Christian identity and iconography, it is nevertheless made-up of a significant number of avowed atheists. A desire to protect Christendom from outside influences is combined with a focus on rationalism and anti-Christianity drawn from the writings of the new atheists. This paper will combine preliminary content analysis of online comments with an examination of prominent alt-right YouTube videos in order to understand the role of these competing ideological strands within the movement. YouTube has become a particularly fertile group for the Alt-Right, with many prominent commentators achieving popularity on the site. Crucially, these mediums allow for the candid observation of deliberation on religious and ideological issues between members of the Alt-Right. This methodology will allow for an understanding of how this group perceives and constructs its own relationship to religion, rather than simply how it presents itself. This paper will therefore seek to make a contribution which is both theoretical and methodological. |
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| ISSN: | 1583-0039 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
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