American antifa : the tactics, culture, and practice of militant antifascism

Author(s)

    • Vysotsky, Stanislav

Bibliographic Information

American antifa : the tactics, culture, and practice of militant antifascism

Stanislav Vysotsky

(Routledge studies in fascism and the far right)

Routledge, 2021

  • : pbk

Available at  / 1 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Bibliography: p. [186]-205

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Since the election of President Trump and the rise in racist and white supremacist activity, the militant antifascist movement known as antifa has become increasingly active and high profile in the United States. This book analyzes the tactics, culture, and practices of the movement through a combination of social movement studies and critical criminological perspectives. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with activists, this book is the first scholarly sociological analysis of contemporary antifascist activism in the United States. Drawing on social movement studies, subculture studies and critical criminology, it explains antifa's membership, their ideology, strategy, tactics and use of culture as a weapon against the far right. It provides the most detailed account of this movement and also cuts through much of the mythology and common misunderstandings about it. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, political science, anthropology, criminology, and history; however, a general audience would also be interested in the explanation of what drives antifa tactics and strategy in light of the high-profile conflicts between fascists and antifascists.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Antifa Behind the Mask 2. Contemporary Fascist and Antifa movements 3. Antifa and Fascist Strategy and Tactics 4. Cultures of Fascism & Anti-Fascism 5. The Fascist Threat & Response 6. The anarchy police (revisited) 7. Conclusion: Anti-Fascism at the Intersections of Social Movements, Subculture, and Criminology

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

  • NCID
    BC12328257
  • ISBN
    • 9780367210601
  • LCCN
    2020004588
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    209 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
Page Top