American Swastika

Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate

Pete Simi, Robert Futrell (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2024 | 3rd edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7307-7 (ISBN)

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An intimate look at the social and psychological dimensions of interpersonal and collective violence by celebrated and award-winning scholar, Pete Simi

Today’s white supremacist activism originated in carefully cultivated homes, parties, rituals, music festivals, and digital media and went on to reshape the U.S. political landscape. With powerful case studies, interviews, and first-person accounts, the third edition of American Swastika guides readers through these hidden enclaves of hate to link past circumstances to present conditions. It discusses new players in the world of white power and offers a vital perspective on how white supremacy persists and why we must be vigilant if we want to check its influence. American Swastika is essential reading for anyone hungry to understand the threat of white supremacist extremism to American society.

New to the Third Edition
Discussion of white extremists’ “surprise” return to the American political landscape counters claims that this is “new” by explaining that it emanates from networks and ideas long nurtured outside the public eye An investigation of new hate music genres and changes in the white power music festival scene expands the discussion of how music is essential to white supremacist identity Research on new digital spaces where white supremacists connect and cultivate their culture, including mainstream and fringe networking platforms, retail sites, and video gaming sites demonstrates how online mechanisms serve as entry points for radicalization Discussion of new attention from the Biden administration on domestic terror offers hope for confronting and constraining white supremacy, while also defining many challenges involved

Pete Simi is professor of sociology at Chapman University and executive committee member for the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center at the University of Nebraska. Robert Futrell is professor of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and longtime expert on right-wing extremism. Emily Wagner is a Ph.D. student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas who studies right-wing politics and activism.

Preface
Introduction

1. Hidden Spaces of Hate
Explaining White Power Persistence
Studying White Power Persistence
Plan of the Book

2. White Supremacy
Ku Klux Klan
Christian Identity and Neo-Paganism
Neo-Nazis
Racist Skinheads
White Supremacy Doctrine and Collective Identity

3. White Supremacist Hate in the Home
Seth and Jessie’s Hard-Core Home Life
The Newly Respectable: Todd and Kate
Darren and Mindy’s Communitarian Family Life

4. White Power Parties
Getting Back to “God’s White Wilderness”
White Supremacist Bible Study
House Parties and Crash Pads
White Power Ritualism

5. White Power Music
Hate Train’s Rise
Hate Bands and Hate Music
Consciousness-Raising Music
White Power Bar Shows
A Place to Let Go
Music Rituals and Member Recruitment
Festivals
A Chance to Build Unity
White Power Music Companies

6. Virtual Hate
White Power Hate Culture Online
Selling the White Power Aesthetic
White Power Online Gaming
Children’s Virtual Indoctrination
White Power Video and Social Networking Sites
“It Keeps Me Feeling Connected”
Discovering “Truth”
Betrayal, Dispossession, and Violence
Declarations of Faith
White Power Virtual Therapy
Coming Out to Nonmembers
Dependency and Loneliness
Online Ties to Offline White Power Spaces

7. Private White Power Communities
Pure White Space
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
Elohim City
National Alliance
Aryan Nations

8. Enduring White Power Activism: Estimating White Supremacy’sThreat and What to Do about It
An Infrastructure of Hate
Estimating the White Supremacist Threat
What to Do

Appendix: Making Contact and Developing Rapport
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.02.2024
Zusatzinfo	18 BW Photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 235 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5381-7307-7 / 1538173077
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-7307-7 / 9781538173077
Zustand	Neuware