2013/07/01 by Nigel Copsey · 4 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Communism, Protests, Social Movements #Violence, Religion, and Philosophy #Griffin #Ideology #Far right #Racism #Front (military) #New Right #Extreme right #Sociology #History #Political science #Law #Gender studies #Archaeology #Geography #Politics
paper · doi:10.1080/17419166.2013.792249
openalex publication_date 2013/07/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
This article assesses the impact of the Nouvelle Droite on the extreme right in contemporary Britain. Occupying a central focus is the role of Scorpion magazine, edited by Michael Walker. The author examines the promotion of the Nouvelle Droite by Scorpion, and in particular Walker's attempts to encourage the British far right to bury two of its “sacred cows”: conspiracy theory and biological racism. He then identifies how Nouvelle Droite thought influenced the ideology and discourse of the 1980s National Front, before moving on to discuss its impact on Nick Griffin's recent attempts to modernize the ideology of the British National Party.