Description
Traces the rise of far-right across the western world since the end of the Cold War, to reveal a global view of the movement's often contradictory strategies and positions.
About the Author
Owen Worth is a senior lecturer in international relations at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His previous books include Resistance in the Age of Austerity: Nationalism, the Failure of the Left and the Return of God (Zed 2013) and Rethinking Hegemony (2015).
Reviews
Thoughtful and very timely. It captures much of what is contradictory in the relationship between the politics of the far-right and neoliberal world order and addresses some of the key questions, not only in terms of how we explain the rise of the far-right, but how the left/progressive forces should respond to it. * Dr Richard Saull, Queen Mary University of London *
Morbid Symptoms provides a novel, interesting, and timely analysis of the contemporary far right. It is an impressive work of scholarship. * George Hawley, author of The Alt-Right: What Everyone Need to Know *
Owen Worth provides a much-needed historical and economic perspective to the study of present-day extremism. By lucidly tracing the differences and, importantly, the similarities to the development of and themes pushed by the far-right across the Western world, this book provides a useful guide to the emerging transnational nationalism. Without succumbing to the more dramatic and hysterical predictions for the future, Morbid Symptoms identifies the political danger of recent developments and, most intriguingly, hints at possible solutions. * Michael Wendling, author of Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House *
Morbid Symptoms provides a novel, interesting and timely analysis of the contemporary far-right. It is an impressive work of scholarship. * George Hawley, author of The Alt-Right: What Everyone Needs to Know *
Thoughtful and very timely. It captures much of what is contradictory in the relationship between the politics of the far right and neoliberal world order. * Richard Saull, Queen Mary University of London *
A much-needed historical and economic perspective to the study of present-day extremism. * Michael Wendling, author of Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786993342
Author Owen Worth
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Zed Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 280g