Far Right Extremism

A PALER SHADE OF WHITE 

Discussions of extremist ideologies naturally focus on how in-groups criticize and attack out-groups. But many important extremist ideological texts are disproportionately focused on criticizing their own in-group. A new research report from J.M. Berger uses linkage-based analysis to examine Siege, a White nationalist tract that has played an important role in shaping modern neo-Nazi movements, including such violent organizations as Atomwaffen Division and The Base. While Siege strongly attacks out-groups, including Jewish and Black people, the book is overwhelmingly a critique of how the White people of its in-group fall short of Nazi ideals. Siege’s central proposition—that the White in-group is disappointing, deeply corrupt, and complacent—shapes its argument for an “accelerationist” strategy to hasten the collapse of society in order to build something entirely new. 

Read the report | Related: The Out-Group in the In-Group

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Turner Legacy: The Origins of White Nationalism's 'Bible'

• Extremist Construction of Identity: How Escalating Demands for Legitimacy Shape and Define In-Group and Out-Group Dynamics 

• PATCON: The FBI’s Secret War Against the ‘Patriot’ Movement,and How Infiltration Tactics Relate to Radicalization

• Without Prejudice: What Sovereign Citizens Believe 

• There and Back Again: Racist Flyers From Online to Offline

• Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right 

• The Alt-Right Twitter Census

• Leaderless Resistance at 27

• Alt-History: The Impact of The Turner Diaries