2018/03/21 by Phillip W. Gray · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Gender Politics and Representation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/13569317.2018.1451228
openalex publication_date 2018/03/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/19
This article examines the ideology of the ‘alt-right,’ specifically in its relation to the importance of identity. Placing the alt-right within the context of the rising importance of identity within American society, the article discusses the alt-right as overlapping in significant ways with the identitarian elements within the American Left. Investigating the manner in which national/racial identity plays a central role in alt-right thinking and using the notion of ‘category-based epistemology’ for guidance, this article argues that the alt-right – rather than a quirk of the 2016 electoral cycle – is likely to increase in its importance as a ‘rightist’ form of intersectionality.