The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism: Far-Right Extremism in Australia and the UK

by Liam Gillespie

Book Overview

The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism interrogates the emergence of far-right nationalist 'defence leagues' in Australia and the UK. Throughout the book, Liam Gillespie refers to these groups as defence nationalists: that is, as nationalists who imagine themselves as defenders of the nation and therefore national subjects par excellence.
Drawing on original research, psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory--and particularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030554724
• ISBN13: 9783030554729
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"