Political philosophy and Australian far-right media: A critical discourse analysis of The Unshackled and XYZ

A 21st-century growth in prevalence of extreme right-wing nationalism and social conservatism in Australia, Europe, and America, in certain respects belies the positive impacts of online, new, and alternative forms of global media. Cross-national forms of ‘far-right activism’ are unconfined to their...

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Published in:Thesis eleven 2021-04, Vol.163 (1), p.103-130
Main Authors: Richards, Imogen, Rae, Maria, Vergani, Matteo, Jones, Callum
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Campaigns
Computer mediated communication
Conservatism
Content analysis
Critical theory
Cultural values
Discourse analysis
Internet
Mass media
Mass media images
Nationalism
Nazi groups
Nazism
News
Political communication
Political philosophy
Political representation
Right wing politics
Separatism
Telecommunications
Traditions
Websites
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Summary:A 21st-century growth in prevalence of extreme right-wing nationalism and social conservatism in Australia, Europe, and America, in certain respects belies the positive impacts of online, new, and alternative forms of global media. Cross-national forms of ‘far-right activism’ are unconfined to their host nations; individuals and organisations campaign on the basis of ethno-cultural separatism, while capitalising on internet-based affordances for communication and ideological cross-fertilisation. Right-wing revolutionary ideas disseminated in this media, to this end, embody politico-cultural aims that can only be understood with attention to their philosophical underpinnings. Drawing on a dataset of articles from the pseudo-news websites, XYZ and The Unshackled, this paper investigates the representation of different rightist political philosophical traditions in contemporary Australia-based far-right media. A critical discourse and content analysis reveal XYZ and TU’s engagement with various traditions, from Nietzsche and the Conservative Revolution, to the European New Right and neo-Nazism.
ISSN:0725-5136
1461-7455
DOI:10.1177/07255136211008605