Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies
This paper argues that a key element driving political instability and politically extreme movements in contemporary liberal democracies is found in the search for ontological security by groups disaffected under globalisation and the uncertain conditions of late modernity. It suggests that in many...
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| description | This paper argues that a key element driving political instability and politically extreme movements in contemporary liberal democracies is found in the search for ontological security by groups disaffected under globalisation and the uncertain conditions of late modernity. It suggests that in many cases, such organisations have found a panacea to anxieties generated by these processes in hardened identities based primarily on fighting for their own survival
against the perceived existing political, social and cultural order |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-829852021-04-13T00:41:57Z Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies Rich, Ben This paper argues that a key element driving political instability and politically extreme movements in contemporary liberal democracies is found in the search for ontological security by groups disaffected under globalisation and the uncertain conditions of late modernity. It suggests that in many cases, such organisations have found a panacea to anxieties generated by these processes in hardened identities based primarily on fighting for their own survival against the perceived existing political, social and cultural order 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82985 10.20935/AL602 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Academia.edu fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Rich, Ben Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title | Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title_full | Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title_fullStr | Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title_short | Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| title_sort | political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82985 |