Europe’s Far Right

Right-wing parties have expanded their voting base throughout Europe: Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, Jimmie Akesson in Sweden, the FPÖ in Austria. What unites them is the abandonment of classical nationalism and the exploitation of popular fears.

Farewell To A World Of...

Critics of Islam such as Geert Wilders, Henryk M. Broder and Ayan Hirsi Ali fell silent when people in the Islamic world stood up for democracy. The revolutions unhinge the world view of Europe's right-wing populists. They have no answer to the changing landscape and Islamic emancipation.

Us Against Them...

The far right uses Christianity as a tool to differentiate between “us” and an Islamic “them”. However, this try to draw ethnocentric boundaries around Europe will fail because there is no more ethnic, religious or cultural homogeneity among the states in Europe than there is outside. It is

The Search For Meaning...

The threat of "islamization" has helped right-wing parties to power throughout Europe. They try to forge nativist alliances by exploiting demands for identity. Europe needs to find a positive definition of its identity, not one based on a populist fear of Islam.


Most People Are Rationally Ignorant


A Violent Tea Party?


Passage to India


"Cities are making us more human"


No Glove, No Love


Perfection Is Not A Useful Concept


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