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Reactionary Politics Research Network
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The Reactionary Politics Research Network (RPRN) brings together researchers to study and tackle the rise of exclusionary, authoritarian and reactionary politics

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📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣

The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!

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📣New Interview📣

'Moving from an immaterial feed to a poster on a street furnishes AfD’s claims with context and permanence.'

@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the mnemonic normalisation of the German far right through its visual politics.

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Interview: Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right (Georgios Samaras) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Georgios Samaras's article 'Mnemonic normalisation in the visual politics of the German far-right' (2025)
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October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📣New Interview📣

'Neoliberal ideology builds the structure, the structure rewards domination, and from that, both misogyny and microfascism take root.'

@imrobwalker.bsky.social and Kay Sidebottom discuss neoliberalism, microfascism, and misogyny in classroom settings.

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Interview: If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next (Rob Walker) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Rob Walker and Kay Sidebottom's article 'If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next: rewriting the classroom script through affirmative ethics' (2025)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just one week to go before the submission deadline for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference. You can submit your paper to the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group stream below!

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October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
ICYMI, check out @georgenewth.bsky.social's blog on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse and his ongoing enabling of the far right.

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October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📣 New blog 📣

'Starmer’s intervention on the side of progressive values might be a welcome one, were it not premised on a dead duck narrative of “progressive patriotism”.'

@georgenewth.bsky.social reflects on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse.

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Starmer has enabled the far right – promises of ‘progressive patriotism’ are no longer enough
After the unite the kingdom rally, the flag raising campaigns of recent weeks now look like astroturfing.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression

Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social

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Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context
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September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📣Call for papers📣

If you are planning to attend the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference in Oxford (30 March-1 April), please consider submitting your paper to our Rectionary Politics Specialist Group stream at the link below! Deadline: 17th October.

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Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
That's a wrap!

The second edition of the Reactionary Politics Summer School is over!

Once again, it was incredibly energizing to share this space with critical, committed researchers from all over the world ❤️‍

More info about the RPSS below

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September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📣New interview📣

'Sentiments that are popular in the manosphere—like the idea that women’s “purpose” is to serve men—have their roots in more “mainstream” norms and histories.'

Meaghan Furlano discusses 'manosphere creep' in the context of Netflix's Adolescence.

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Interview: Manosphere creep in Netflix’s Adolescence (Meaghan Furlano) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Meaghan Furlano's article 'Manosphere creep: Emotional and hermeneutic labour in Netflix’s Adolescence' (2025)
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August 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📣New open access research article 📣

Our member, Meaghan Furlano, discusses how emotional and hermeneutic labour are presented in Netflix's Adolescence. Check it out below!

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August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣New interview📣

''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'

@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'

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Interview: Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization (Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Daniel Balinhas's article 'Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization' (2025)
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August 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📣New blog📣

'Thin is back in and whiteness is re-associated with rightness.'

Our member, Meghan Furlano, on why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash.

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Article: Why Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is part of a wider cultural backlash (Meaghan Furlano) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Meaghan Furlano explores recent campaign by American Eagle with Sydney Sweeney
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August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📣New interview📣

@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!

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Interview: Psychoanalytic theory, critical fantasy studies and the normalisation of the far right (Pasko Kisić-Merino) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Pasko Kisić-Merino's thesis 'Enjoying the Fall: The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security' (2025)
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August 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
ICYMI check out @cburchett.bsky.social's interview on the far right's weaponisation of anti-antisemitism as part of their Islamophobic agenda.

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Interview: On the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by the far right (Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Claire Burchett's thesis 'Everyday victimhood on social media The discussion of Jews and (anti-)antisemitism in the populist radical right online space in France, Germany, a...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.'

Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.
📣New review📣

@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.

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Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams
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July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣New interview📣

@uselesssimo.bsky.social discusses reactionary digital cultures in Morocco and their links to the global far right. Check it out below!

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Interview: Reinventing the Right in Morocco (Mohamed Salhi) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Mohamed Salhi's article 'Reinventing the Right in Morocco: Right-Wing Populist Discourses and Sentiments in Moroccan Online Spaces ' (2025)
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July 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📣New review📣

@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.

reacpol.net/fascism-wome...
Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams
reacpol.net
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📣New interview📣

@gsamaras.bsky.social discusses the Greek neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, and the limitations of legal repression in tackling the far right.

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Interview: Extreme-right leadership and communication tactics behind bars in Greece (Georgios Samaras) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Georgios Samaras's article 'Hide and seek: extreme-right leadership and communication tactics behind bars in Greece' (2025)
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July 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Only two weeks to go until applications for the Reactionary Politics Summer School close. Sign up below!
📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣

The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!

reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network
reacpol.net
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📣New interview📣

@cburchett.bsky.social discusses the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by far-right parties and its role in their Islamophobic discourse.

reacpol.net/weaponisatio...
Interview: On the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by the far right (Claire Burchett) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Claire Burchett's thesis 'Everyday victimhood on social media The discussion of Jews and (anti-)antisemitism in the populist radical right online space in France, Germany, a...
reacpol.net
June 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The coloniality of sexual violence tells us that white supremacy both enacts rampant sexual violence and projects it onto the Other."

Alison Phipps reflects on sexual violence in racial capitalism in her interview with the RPRN.

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Interview: Sexual violence in racial capitalism (Alison Phipps) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Alison Phipps's forthcoming book Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism (2025)
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June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
'Being nominally a mainstream actor does not mean that one cannot support or implement far-right politics, espouse and promote far-right discourse or legitimise and embolden far- and extreme-right actors'

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Interview: Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming (George Newth) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on George Newth et al's article 'Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming' (2025)
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June 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Applications for our Reactionary Politics Summer School are still open. The sessions will focus on how to understand, study, and disseminate research on reactionary politics. Sign up below!
📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣

The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!

reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network
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June 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
ICYMI check out our interview with Reid Kleinberg on paleo-libertarianism in the US and its impact on contemporary politics.

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Interview: Paleo-libertarianism articulated: the DeVos dynasty and the dire consequences of extreme ideas (Reid Kleinberg) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Reid Kleinberg's article 'Paleo-libertarianism articulated: the DeVos dynasty and the dire consequences of extreme ideas' (2025)
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June 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just over a month to go until applications for our summer school close! Apply below to develop your skills in researching reactionary politics.
📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣

The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!

reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network
reacpol.net
June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM