Pasko Kisić-Merino
@paskokisic.bsky.social
PhD in Political Science | far-right normalisation | Lacanian psychoanalysis | social media politics | popular culture | international relations | ontological security | cat enthusiast
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Across Europe, young people are searching for belonging in divided societies. Some turn to nationalism, others to religion — but both paths reveal a deeper crisis of meaning and connection.
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Across Europe, young people are searching for belonging in divided societies. Some turn to nationalism, others to religion — but both paths reveal a deeper crisis of meaning and connection.
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
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🌀 PLEDGE Blog #8
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...
#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...
#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🌀 PLEDGE Blog #8
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...
#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...
#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
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📣 Join us for two keynote lectures as part of the symposium
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.
💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...
#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.
💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...
#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📣 Join us for two keynote lectures as part of the symposium
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.
💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...
#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.
💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...
#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
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🌍 When was the last time you were trained by three top-notch EU projects simultaneously?
👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!
#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!
#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🌍 When was the last time you were trained by three top-notch EU projects simultaneously?
👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!
#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!
#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
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🎧 “Life is Crap” — Hungary’s viral anthem — turns youth frustration into protest. When music meets grievance politics, pain becomes power and despair becomes solidarity.
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎧 “Life is Crap” — Hungary’s viral anthem — turns youth frustration into protest. When music meets grievance politics, pain becomes power and despair becomes solidarity.
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
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In the latest PLEDGE blog from the UNIWARSAW team, we explore how debates around gender justice often devolve into zero-sum battles over who has more suffering — fueling resentment and polarization.
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In the latest PLEDGE blog from the UNIWARSAW team, we explore how debates around gender justice often devolve into zero-sum battles over who has more suffering — fueling resentment and polarization.
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
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🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Ekstremisme på fremmarsj og demokratier under press
- C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Akademia blir angrepet. Hvordan skal vi forstå denne utviklingen? Hva kan gjøres for å beskytte demokratiene og bevare akademias autonomi...
www.sv.uio.no
August 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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is this the last time I promote my most recent video, on Kierkegaard's The Present Age and why nothing ever happens?
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
this is why nothing ever happens
YouTube video by Michael Burns
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
is this the last time I promote my most recent video, on Kierkegaard's The Present Age and why nothing ever happens?
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
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📣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'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
''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'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
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)
reacpol.net
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 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'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
''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'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
I got interviewed about my PhD thesis on the relationship between neoliberal social media and the normalisation of far-right fantasies by @reacpolrn.bsky.social the Reactionary Politics Research Network. Many thanks to @aurelmondon.bsky.social for conducting the interview!
📣New interview📣
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
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)
reacpol.net
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I got interviewed about my PhD thesis on the relationship between neoliberal social media and the normalisation of far-right fantasies by @reacpolrn.bsky.social the Reactionary Politics Research Network. Many thanks to @aurelmondon.bsky.social for conducting the interview!
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🎉 Vol 51(3) is out!🎉
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🎉 Vol 51(3) is out!🎉
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
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Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
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Neo‑Nazi fight clubs take root in Finland amid global spread
Neo‑Nazi “Active Clubs”—US‑born far‑right fight groups—have spread to Finland, forming chapters in Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere and beyond. Experts warn martial‑arts training and youth recruitment pose a r...
www.helsinkitimes.fi
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
Read more:
Read more:
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Find someone who loves you as much as the mainstream media loves hyping the far right
May 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Find someone who loves you as much as the mainstream media loves hyping the far right
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Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.
Some thoughts on Starmer's speech and Labour's normalisation of far-right politics in @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
theconversation.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.
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Under Project 2025, Native America is being erased from the federal record. From the removal of Navajo Code Talkers' history to the deletion of reports on missing Indigenous women, the dismantling of Native sovereignty is underway—and it’s a direct attack on legal and cultural rights.
Erasing History: Project 2025's Vision for Tribal Nations
The implementation of Project 2025 isn’t just reshaping policy—it’s erasing history. From the Pentagon’s removal of Navajo Code Talkers to the deletion of federal reports on missing Indigenous women, ...
globalextremism.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Under Project 2025, Native America is being erased from the federal record. From the removal of Navajo Code Talkers' history to the deletion of reports on missing Indigenous women, the dismantling of Native sovereignty is underway—and it’s a direct attack on legal and cultural rights.
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We're marking down the entire Verso World History Series - including pre-orders for The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World
Up to 30% off Verso World History
As pre-orders for The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World become available, we're marking down the entire Verso World History Series. Buy two or more books from the series and save 30%! Discount...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're marking down the entire Verso World History Series - including pre-orders for The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World
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Exceptionally long, but familiarly pompous and uniformed, puff piece on the “good” nativism of Mette Frederiksen in Denmark.
Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Exceptionally long, but familiarly pompous and uniformed, puff piece on the “good” nativism of Mette Frederiksen in Denmark.
Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
Yesterday I defended my PhD thesis - dealing with far-right normalisation and social media politics - at Karlstad University. I want to thank my opponent, Prof. Jason Glynos, for the wonderful discussion, as well as the committee, supervisors, colleagues, friends and family for their huge support.
March 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yesterday I defended my PhD thesis - dealing with far-right normalisation and social media politics - at Karlstad University. I want to thank my opponent, Prof. Jason Glynos, for the wonderful discussion, as well as the committee, supervisors, colleagues, friends and family for their huge support.
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Meta’s policy changes have allowed neo-Nazi content to flourish on Instagram, with accounts openly spreading hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols while profiting from it. This unchecked extremism is spreading faster than ever.
Read more:
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...
Read more:
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...
Amid Meta Policy Changes, Neo-Nazis Monetize Hate on Instagram
Over the past month, Meta has been undergoing a MAGA metamorphosis. In this new more permissive online environment, an investigation by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has discov...
globalextremism.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Meta’s policy changes have allowed neo-Nazi content to flourish on Instagram, with accounts openly spreading hate, antisemitic rhetoric, and Nazi symbols while profiting from it. This unchecked extremism is spreading faster than ever.
Read more:
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...
Read more:
globalextremism.org/post/neo-naz...
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As many European far-right leaders gathered in Madrid, Viktor Orbán said "yesterday we were heretics, today we are mainstream"
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
February 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As many European far-right leaders gathered in Madrid, Viktor Orbán said "yesterday we were heretics, today we are mainstream"
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
He is not wrong but it's not because of their own success or the popularity of their politics but because of the wilful capitulation of the crumbling (former) mainstream
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There is no choice but to take decisive and radical action if we are to turn the tide against the dystopian reactionary tech oligarchy
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
Why It's Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
bylinetimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There is no choice but to take decisive and radical action if we are to turn the tide against the dystopian reactionary tech oligarchy
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
My article "The role of right-wing enjoyment in the normalisation of the far-right" has been published in @risjnl.bsky.social Review of International Studies. I investigate how right-wing liberals, moderates, and conservatives - once disavowing the far-right - enjoy political victories alongside it.
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"The role of right-wing enjoyment in the normalisation of the far right" by Pasko Kisić-Merino is now available #OpenAccess!
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"The role of right-wing enjoyment in the normalisation of the far right" by Pasko Kisić-Merino is now available #OpenAccess!
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January 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My article "The role of right-wing enjoyment in the normalisation of the far-right" has been published in @risjnl.bsky.social Review of International Studies. I investigate how right-wing liberals, moderates, and conservatives - once disavowing the far-right - enjoy political victories alongside it.
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Although anti-populism has a place for ‘the people’, it ultimately aims at the restoration of responsible elite rule: government for the people, rather than of or by them
@alexyates2000.bsky.social and I in @bjpir.bsky.social
@alexyates2000.bsky.social and I in @bjpir.bsky.social
📝 Don't miss this new BJPIR article!
'‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
🔓 Find the full article in #OpenAccess here:
'‘Get off your high horse and vote for us’: The anti-populist construction of the elite and the people' by @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
🔓 Find the full article in #OpenAccess here:
journals.sagepub.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Although anti-populism has a place for ‘the people’, it ultimately aims at the restoration of responsible elite rule: government for the people, rather than of or by them
@alexyates2000.bsky.social and I in @bjpir.bsky.social
@alexyates2000.bsky.social and I in @bjpir.bsky.social
First as tragedy, then as farce.
January 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
First as tragedy, then as farce.