 Cover of the first edition | |
| Editors | Jeffrey Kaplan,Tore Bjørgo |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Far-right politics |
| Publisher | Northeastern University Press |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 273 |
| ISBN | 1-55553-331-0 |
| OCLC | 37489626 |
| 305.80094 | |
| LC Class | HV6250.3.E85 N37 1998 |
Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture is a book edited byJeffrey Kaplan andTore Bjørgo. Anedited volume, it collects the papers of a December 1995 international conference held inNew Orleans; each chapter focuses on aspects of the far-right political subculture. It was first published byNortheastern University Press in 1998.
Following a preface and an introduction, the book includes 10 essays from authors from several disciplines. The first overviews far-right political developments. The essays included cover several subjects of the far-right subculture, including their internet presences, culture, and conspiracy theories.[1][2][3] The final chapter has Tore Bjørgo overview factors which lead to people leaving racist groups.[4]
The book was edited by academicsJeffrey Kaplan andTore Bjørgo.[5] It collects the papers of an international conference funded by the Harry F. Guggenheim foundation, held inNew Orleans, from December 8 to 11, 1995.[6][5] It was published byNortheastern University Press in 1998 as a 273-page paperback and hardcover.[5][1]
Multiple reviewers praised the first essay as particularly well written.[2][3][7] Jerome L. Himmelstein said it presented "an intriguing, important argument",[6] while Martin Durham noted it as wide-ranging.[4] A reviewer called the book "new and important" and recommended it, but said it had some content that overlapped with earlier books.[7] Cas Mudde forPolitical Studies found the title misleading, with it seeming to focus less on the "developing Euro-American racist subculture" and more "a weird and sinister 'otherworld' of neo-Nazis, skinheads and Satanists, whose common denominator is not only 'Nation and Race', but also the fact that they are all part of 'the loony fringe'".[1] Mudde said that though this seemed fascinating, the implicit argument by the authors that this then-fringe milieu would influence global events, seemed very unlikely.[1]
