The dearth of material on the far right reflects that how little there is to speak of any real far right in the west since 1945. The far right in the west is about as formidable as a North Korean libertarian party or a Saudi Arabian Christian democratic organization. When it does exist, it is only as a political farce, or a ghost meant to justify reprisals.
you're right, of course. but i was specifically thinking of the right more generally, beyond just its most reactionary fringes. I don't think we need huge tracts on Jonathan Bowden or anything, but more material on, say, the Tories would be useful. Corey Robin's book is one example. Edmund Fawcett isn't on the socialist left in any meaningful sense (he's a good left liberal), but his history of conservatism (plus his one on liberalism) are terrific. i think i'm just calling for more work like that
The center right is best understood as the center and moderate left from fifty years ago. Perhaps someone will soon write a book making that connection clear
The dearth of material on the far right reflects that how little there is to speak of any real far right in the west since 1945. The far right in the west is about as formidable as a North Korean libertarian party or a Saudi Arabian Christian democratic organization. When it does exist, it is only as a political farce, or a ghost meant to justify reprisals.
you're right, of course. but i was specifically thinking of the right more generally, beyond just its most reactionary fringes. I don't think we need huge tracts on Jonathan Bowden or anything, but more material on, say, the Tories would be useful. Corey Robin's book is one example. Edmund Fawcett isn't on the socialist left in any meaningful sense (he's a good left liberal), but his history of conservatism (plus his one on liberalism) are terrific. i think i'm just calling for more work like that
The center right is best understood as the center and moderate left from fifty years ago. Perhaps someone will soon write a book making that connection clear