Hate in Precarious Times

Mobilizing Anxiety from the Alt-Right to Brexit

Dr Neal Curtis (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

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English

I.B. Tauris
06 May 2021

Comparative politics; Political ideologies; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political economy

In the age of Brexit and Donald Trump, the radical right has gained significant popularity, characterized by a rhetoric of xenophobia, discrimination and “hate speech”. This book examines why the politics of hate and ideologies of the far-right are on the rise and argues that to counter it we must challenge the sense of social and economic precarity this politics feeds off.

Hate in Precarious Times examines five distinct types of precarity, covering threats to a particular way of life; fear of apocalyptic terrorism; the insecurity of austerity, and low-waged jobs in the wake of the Financial Crisis; challenges to privilege; and the spread of disinformation in a “post-truth” age. In this book, Neal Curtis seeks the root of what causes ordinary people to identify with far-right ideologies and asks what can be done to counter the conditions underpinning this.

By: Dr Neal Curtis (University of Auckland New Zealand)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 274g
ISBN: 9780755603046
ISBN 10: 0755603044
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 06 May 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Hate 1The politics of hate 2 Defining hate 3 Slow hate and free speech Part 2 Precarity 4 World or ontological precarity 5 Terror or existential precarity 6 Crash or economic precarity 7 Privilege or social precarity 8 Truth or epistemological precarity Coda Notes References Index

Neal Curtis is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is author of On Sovereignty and Superheroes (2016), Idiotism: Capitalism and the Privatization of Life (2013), War and Social Theory: World, Value and Identity (2006) and Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action (2001).

Reviews for Hate in Precarious Times: Mobilizing Anxiety from the Alt-Right to Brexit

Neal Curtis' Hate in Precarious Times is an essential book to understand world affairs in 2021. It combines intellectual history and political economy with a shrewd assessment of emerging technologies and social media. Curtis is the rare writer who connects academic insights in ways that the global public values. * Walter D. Greason, co-editor of Cities Imagined, Monmouth University *