Nation and Race
Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture is a book edited by Jeffrey Kaplan and Tore Bjørgo. An edited volume, it collects the papers of a December 1995 international conference held in New Orleans; each chapter focuses on aspects of the far-right political subculture. It was first published by Northeastern University Press in 1998.
Contents
Following a preface and an introduction, the book includes 10 essays from authors from several disciplines. The first overviews far-right political developments. The essays included cover several subjects of the far-right subculture, including their internet presences, culture, and conspiracy theories. The final chapter has Tore Bjørgo overview factors which lead to people leaving racist groups.
Publication history
The book was edited by academics Jeffrey Kaplan and Tore Bjørgo. It collects the papers of an international conference funded by the Harry F. Guggenheim foundation, held in New Orleans, from December 8 to 11, 1995. It was published by Northeastern University Press in 1998 as a 273-page paperback and hardcover.
Reception
Multiple reviewers praised the first essay as particularly well written. Jerome L. Himmelstein said it presented "an intriguing, important argument", while Martin Durham noted it as wide-ranging. A reviewer called the book "new and important" and recommended it, but said it had some content that overlapped with earlier books. Cas Mudde for Political Studies found the title misleading, with it seeming to focus less on the "developing Euro-American racist subculture" and more "a weird and sinister 'otherworld' of neo-Nazis, skinheads and Satanists, whose common denominator is not only 'Nation and Race', but also the fact that they are all part of 'the loony fringe'". Mudde said that though this seemed fascinating, the implicit argument by the authors that this then-fringe milieu would influence global events, seemed very unlikely.