James Aho

Far-Right Fantasy

A Sociology of American Religion and Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of contemporary American right-wing extremism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781138962415
• ISBN-10: 1138962414
• Artikelnr.: 43105667

Autorenporträt

James Aho is Professor Emeritus at Idaho State University where he has taught for over forty years. Recognized as a Distinguished Researcher and Teacher, he is author of many books, including Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease and Illness (co-written with his son, Kevin) and Sociological Trespasses: Interrogating Sin and Flesh. Aho is also author of two award-winning studies of religiously-motivated political violence, The Politics of Righteousness: Idaho Christian Patriotism and This Thing of Darkness: A Sociology of the Enemy.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Battle of "Bunker Ville" Introduction Interlude 1: Sovereign
Citizens 1. The American Far-Right in Perspective Interlude 2: The
Secessionist State of Jefferson 2. Explaining the Far-Right Interlude 3:
Dreams of a Right-Wing Homeland 3. "White Man": Its Extinction and
Redemption Interlude 4: "Cut It or Shut It" 4. The Communicative
Preconditions of Far-Right Fantasy Interlude 5: The Rhetoric of "No Spin"
News 5. Far-Right Fantasy.1 The "Satanification" of America Interlude 6:
Nullification 6. Far-Right Fantasy.2 The Christian Reconstruction of
America Interlude 7: "Justus" Served 7. Far-Right Fantasy.3 A Critique
Interlude 8: Biblically Inspired Investing 8. Far-Right Fantasy.4 False
Consciousness Epilogue: A Latter Day Fortress 9. Appendix American
Right-Wing Implicated Fatalities from 1980 through 2014