Doublespeak: The Rhetoric of the Far Right since 1945

by Matthew Feldman (Editor), Paul Jackson (Contributor), Roger Griffin (Contributor)

This timely intervention exposes the euphemized language of the extreme right as a Trojan Horse of deception to re-gain greater influence on public policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the extreme right has been tactically using 'doublespeak', aping the language of liberal democracy. Attentive observation and accurate recognition of the extreme right pedigree means taking seriously their deliberately crafted slogans, symbols and themes. The essays in this book inquire into the extreme right's attempts at 'repackaging' contemporary ultranationalism to make it palatable to more mainstream European and American tastes.

Genres: Politics

545 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2014

Reviews

[Roger Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

This helpful collection of essays goes a long way to create an understanding of the persistence and transformation of language employed by the far right since the break-up of Nazi Germany. It also covers the tactics the far right uses to engage in and liberal politics with opposing agendas. Unfortunately, I have to recommend this to most Americans right now. I'm thankful that these scholars have been doing the difficult work of engaging with what I find to be really unsavory ideas.