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The populist radical right has been on the rise for some time, with candidates and parties on the far-right fringe of the political spectrum reaching new heights across the world.<\/p>\n

The electoral successes of\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0in the United States,\u00a0Marine Le Pen<\/a>\u00a0in France, the\u00a0Alternative for Germany<\/a>\u00a0and, most recently,\u00a0Giorgia Meloni\u2019s Brothers of Italy<\/a>\u00a0has put the spotlight on an ideological shift: the so-called\u00a0New Right<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a loose network of radical right-wing activists who organize themselves in regional initiatives such as the\u00a0Alt-Right <\/a>\u00a0in the U.S., the\u00a0Nouvelle Droite<\/a>\u00a0in France, the\u00a0Neue Rechte<\/a>\u00a0in Germany and the\u00a0CasaPound<\/a>\u00a0in Italy.<\/p>\n

This broad movement is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the\u00a0politics of belonging<\/a>. Such an approach is called\u00a0\u201cmetapolitical\u201d<\/a>\u00a0since it first attempts to shape how we think about and experience our daily world, playing a long game to change the political structures of our societies.<\/p>\n

Identity politics<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The focus on\u00a0identity politics<\/a>\u00a0has led to a very\u00a0successful rebranding<\/a>\u00a0of far-right extremism. Proponents of the New Right are less committed than their predecessors to discussing natural superiority, and try to\u00a0avoid the overt racism<\/a>\u00a0of traditional neo-Nazi groups, giving their political views a broader appeal.<\/p>\n

They instead push the line that\u00a0white people are oppressed in contemporary western societies<\/a>. They present themselves as \u201cpatriotic activists<\/a>\u201d who are simply concerned with responding to \u201cuncontrolled immigration,\u201d \u201canti-white discrimination\u201d and the \u201closs of traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of their main enemies\u00a0is globalization<\/a>, against which they insist on a\u00a0\u201cright to difference\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(including\u00a0Alain de Benoist<\/a>, one of the founders of France\u2019s New Right movement) for each culture.<\/p>\n

They reject the melding of cultures since they believe that cultures are rooted in clearly demarcated and internally uniform social groups. This stems from their key contention that humanity consists of a\u00a0plurality of distinct \u201cethnocultures.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Ethnocultures are organic communities to which their members belong by birth. The family is frequently presented as the biological source of ethnocultural communities.<\/p>\n

The members of a community also ostensibly share a way of life. Their communal life is characterized by specific cultural practices and moral values. A person\u2019s individual identity is thus shaped by the ethnocultural community they belong to, according to these New Right proponents.<\/p>\n

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A vandalized election campaign poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany party showing the party\u2019s top candidate, Oliver Kirchner, with an Adolf Hitler moustache is seen in Magdeburg, Germany, in June 2021. (AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber)<\/p><\/div>\n

Passing on traditions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

These proponents often invoke mythical beginnings or supposedly glorious chapters of a community\u2019s past, and emphasize the necessity of historical continuity for its survival.<\/p>\n

Cultural traditions therefore must be passed on from generation to generation without significant changes. Fulfilling this task is the common destiny of the members of an ethnocultural community.<\/p>\n

New Right advocates focused on identity politics believe that ethnocultures are in competition with each other and their encounters lead to clashes that threaten the collective identity of a community \u2014 a ready-made justification for violent conflicts,\u00a0including war<\/a>. The results of these struggles show the supposed inequality of the different cultures.<\/p>\n

Their concept of culture readily explains why the New Right is obsessed with migration and regard it as a major threat to their political vision. Consequently, they propagate conspiracy theories, including the\u00a0\u201cgreat replacement\u201d theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this pernicious view, migration is depicted as a plot organized by liberal global elites to replace the native people of western countries with foreigners. The often proclaimed \u201cright to difference\u201d therefore only applies to the relationships between groups. Individual members of a certain group have to conform to its overall character.<\/p>\n

This segregationist agenda not only has harmful consequences for migrants, but also for those who are seen as members of an ethnoculture. Treating cultures as uniform can mask important differences between sub-groups within a culture, especially the diverging interests of the group\u2019s elite and its non-elite members.<\/p>\n

We saw this exploited in the rhetoric that British people should \u201ctake back control<\/a>\u201d of the United Kingdom through voting for Brexit. This idea was questionable for a number of reasons, especially the false implication that all members of the group \u201cthe British\u201d would be more powerful following Brexit.<\/p>\n

Dangerous<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The ideology of the New Right is politically dangerous. It also depicts an\u00a0inaccurate picture<\/a>\u00a0of how cultural life works.<\/p>\n

Cultures neither have clear boundaries nor are they uniform and consistent over time.\u00a0They are flexible and dynamic<\/a>, in constant interaction with each other.<\/p>\n

These intercultural encounters can be opportunities to grow and to increase both self-understanding and an understanding of others. Think about the many formative influences that other cultures have had on Europe, including on Christianity (which comes from the\u00a0Middle East<\/a>) and the numerical system (which\u00a0comes from India<\/a>).<\/p>\n

We should embrace the diversity of our cultural lives, and reject the New Right\u2019s attempts to further divide us.\u00a0While recent election results in Brazil<\/a>, and\u00a0in the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0two years ago, may be hopeful signs, this is a broader fight about how we interpret the world.<\/p>\n

It requires more than election victories to push back against the dangerous ethnocultural framing of social conflicts that\u2019s often embraced by\u00a0mainstream politicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, we need convincing counter-narratives that explain the causes of the economic crises we are facing and promote solidarity as a solution to the staggering social inequality that undermines all societies.<\/p>\n

Author Bio: <\/strong>Johannes Steizinger is Associate Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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