The ideological parasitism of the new extreme rights

Right-wing Gramscists and redbrown alliances in France, Italy and Spain (1968-2022)

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2023.1.44161

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extreme right, ideology, Nouvelle Droite, Alain de Benoist, red-brown alliance

Abstract

In an era marked by ideological confusionism, the new extreme right has not only prioritised the cultural battle, but has also shown a great capacity to appropriate concepts, ideas and discourses from other ideologies, including those of the left. This ideological parasitism is a largely novel feature for these political formations. In this article, on the one hand, we propose to analyse the ideological evolution of positions that have been defined as right-wing gramscism or red-brown alliance. From its origins - the thought of Alain de Benoist and the Nouvelle Droite - and its links with eurasianism, the ideological proposal that has taken shape between the 1990s and the present day will be outlined. On the other hand, a mapping of the existing realities in France, Italy and Spain will be proposed, paying attention to political and cultural projects that have allowed not only a viralisation of far-right ideas, but also a partial reformulation of their discourse and political strategy. Finally, it will show how ideas put into circulation by often very restricted circles have had a much greater influence, and have been partially taken up by the main extreme right parties in these countries, namely the Front National, the Lega Nord, Fratelli d’Italia and Vox.

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Steven Forti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.

Steven Forti is a contract professor with a doctorate in the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Doctor in History from the UAB and the Università di Bologna (2011), he has also been a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa between 2014 and 2022. His latest publications are Extreme Right 2.0. What it is and how to combat it (Madrid, Siglo XXI de España, 2021) and, with Francisco Veiga et alii, Patriotas indignados. On the new far-right in the Post-Cold War. Neofascism, post-fascism and nazbols (Madrid, Alianza, 2019).

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2023-12-20

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Forti, S. (2023). The ideological parasitism of the new extreme rights: Right-wing Gramscists and redbrown alliances in France, Italy and Spain (1968-2022). Estudos Ibero-Americanos, 49(1), e44161. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2023.1.44161

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