{"product_id":"illiberal-vanguard-populist-elitism-in-the-united-states-and-russia-hardback-9780299340506","title":"Illiberal Vanguard; Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia (Hardback) 9780299340506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIlliberal Vanguard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePopulist Elitism in the United States and Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexandar Mihailovic (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299340506\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 16.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This book raises a crucial issue for our time. Mihailovic brings a scholarly eye and a sharp cross-cultural understanding to fill important gaps in our knowledge not only about rightist movements in both the United States and Russia but how they relate to each other.”—Tom Nichols, contributing writer, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eOur Own Worst Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e “Sensitive to cultural differences, Alexandar Mihailovic’s brilliantly articulate Illiberal Vanguard draws rich parallels between radical conservatives in both the United States and Russia and their strange alliance in the Internet age, focusing particularly on the emergence of a public-intellectual elite among them. This book is a must-read for those who would like to untangle the complicated roots of Russian and American neonationalism.”—Edith W. Clowes, author of\u003ci\u003e Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet Identity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRecent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia, countries that only recently viewed each other as intractable foes. In \u003ci\u003eIlliberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandar Mihailovic untangles this confluence, considering ethnonationalist movements in both countries and their parallel approaches to gender, race, and performative identity. Rather than probe specific points of possible contact or political collusion, Mihailovic unveils the mirrored styles of thought that characterize far-right elitism in two erstwhile enemy nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mihailovic investigates notable right-wing actors like Steve Bannon and Alexander Dugin and targets of right-wing ire such as globalization, LGBTQ+ activism, and mobilizations to remove controversial statues (that honor Confederate generals and Soviet leaders, for instance), but the argument extends beyond the specifics. How and why are radical right-wing movements developing along such similar trajectories in two nominally oppositional countries? How do religious sectarianism, the construction of whiteness, and institutionalized homophobia support each other in this transnational, informal, but powerful allegiance? Despite their appeals to populism and flamboyant theatrics, Mihailovic argues, much of the answer can be found in the mutual desire to justify and organize an illiberal vanguard of elite intellectuals, one that supports and advocates for a new authoritarianism. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Neoglobalism of the American and Russian Far-Right Intelligentsia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: A Place at the High Table: Mythologizing the Russian Intelligentsia, Crusading against US Elites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Whither the State? Steve Bannon, the Alt-Right, and Lenin’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eState and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Hijacking Academic Authority: Racism and the Internet Expertise of Kevin MacDonald and Alexander Dugin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Spectacle of God’\u003cbr\u003es Will: Performing Homophobia in the Russian Federation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Statuary Performances: Monuments and Neopaganism in the United States and the Russian Federation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Fight against Rightist Elites\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530905350424,"sku":"9780299340506","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/illiberal-vanguard-populist-elitism-in-the-united-states-and-russia-hardback-9780299340506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}