Extremism, Society, and the State - Crisis, Radicalization, Conundrum of Center Extremes

Extremism does not happen in a vacuum. Rather, extremism is a relative concept that often emerges in crisis situations, taking shape within the tense and contradictory relations that tie marginal spaces, state orders, and mainstream culture. This collected volume brings together leading anthropologists and cultural analysts to offer a concise look at the narratives, symbolic, and metaphoric fields related to extremism, systematizing an approach to extremism, and placing these ideologies into historical, political, and geo-systemic contexts.

About the author

Giacomo Loperfido is an invited Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Barcelona. He has held previous positions at the University of Fort Hare, the Centre for Humanities Research, and University of the Western Cape.

Summary

This collected volume brings together leading anthropologists and cultural analysts to offer a concise look at the narratives, symbolic, and metaphoric fields related to extremism, systemitizing an approach to contemporary extremism by placing these idealogies into historical, political, and geo-systemic contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo Loperfido
• Assisted by: Giacomo Loperfido (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781800733459
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-345-9
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Fascism & Nazism, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Political ideologies and movements, Anthropology (General), Cultural Studies (General)