The Alt-Right: Neoliberalism, Libertarianism and the Fascist Temptation

Autor:	Melinda Cooper
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Libertarianism Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Political science Neoliberalism (international relations) General Social Sciences Paleoconservatism Temptation Conservatism Positive economics media_common
Zdroj:	Theory, Culture & Society. 38:29-50
ISSN:	1460-3616 0263-2764
DOI:	10.1177/0263276421999446
Popis:	There is by now broad consensus in the critical literature that neoliberalism and social conservatism have frequently coexisted in practice. Yet the alt-right fits none of the previously identified alliances: this is not the neoliberal neoconservatism of the Reagan and Bush years, nor the neoliberal communitarianism of the Third Way, nor even a form of neoliberal authoritarianism. Instead, the alt-right claims intellectual descent from economic libertarianism, on the one hand, and paleo- (as opposed to neo-) conservatism on the other. This paper traces the contours of this ‘paleolibertarian’ alliance, first by following the volatile political trajectory of Murray Rothbard, the foremost philosopher of American libertarianism, and, second, by uncovering precedents in the longer history of the American far right. It will be argued that paleoconservatism makes for a uniquely powerful ally because it offers a workable response to libertarianism’s intrinsic contradictions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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