IAFS 3000
Global Neofascism
Instructor: Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
[email protected]
McKenna 212
(303) 492-2599
Office hours: W 10:30-11:30 or by appointment
Meetings:
M/W/F
2:00 – 2:50PM
HLMS 241
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Course Description
This course examines the recent rise of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, ethnic
separatists, anti-Islam activists, and social and cultural ultraconservatives. Our
survey will be broad in its geographic reach. We will study activist circles in North
America, Northern Europe, France, Latin America, Russia, South Africa, and Japan,
and will analyze these scenes as social, cultural, aesthetic, intellectual, and political
movements, consulting scholarship from sociology, criminology, and political
science, in addition to music, literature, art, and film. This review explores relatively
well-known movements, like transnational white power skinheadism and
counterjihadism, as well as circles that remain hidden from the mainstream, like
identitarianism and right-wing esotericism. As a student in this course you will learn
to think critically about some of the boldest attempts to contest globalization and
liberalism today.
Course Requirements
This is an upper-level course with a demanding assignment load. In addition to
weekly reading and multimedia assignments, you will complete two papers, two
exams, and give one presentation.
Required Texts
Dugin, Alexander. 2012. The Forth Political Theory. London: Arktos Publishing.
Evola, Julius. 2003 [1961]. Revolt Against the Modern World. Rochester, VT: Inner
Traditions.
Godwin, Joscelyn. 1996. Arktos: The Myth of the Pole in Science, Symbolism and Nazi
Survival. Kempton, Ill.: Adventures Unlimited Press.
Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. 2003. Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the
Politics of Identity. New York: NYU Press.
Jünger, Ernst. 2013 [1951]. The Forest Passage. Translated by Thomas Friese.
Candor: Telos Press.
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Sunic, Tomislav. 2011. Against Equality and Democracy: The European New Right.
Second edition. London: Arktos Publishing.
All books are available at the CU bookstore. You can access all online readings and
multimedia material on the course D2L site. Always print online readings and bring
them to class.
Grading
Class participation
Midterm
Final
Papers (20% x 2)
Presentation
10%
20%
20%
40%
10%
Assignment Terms Defined
Class participation
Your participation grade is based on your informed and relevant contributions to inclass discussion. In order to make such contributions, you must come to class having
carefully read, viewed, or listened to all assigned materials. In addition, I will assign
2-3 homework forms that contribute to your participation grade.
Midterm and Final Exams
These exams will test your knowledge of our assigned readings and multimedia
material. The midterm exam covers material from the first half of the semester, and
the final exam covers material from the second half of the semester. Each exam
consists of multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions.
Papers
You will write two papers during this course. The first paper should profile a
nationalist or fascist organization, such as a political party, militant cell, publishing
house, record company, blog portals. You analysis should contextualize the
organization’s ideology and methodology using the framework we develop during
the first half of the semester. The topic of your second paper should explore a
broader theoretical issue. Examples of such topics include the role of women in
fascist groups, the limits of democratic fascism, or radical nationalism and
multiculturalism. In each paper, you should advance an original argument about
your topic. The body of the paper should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words, and
you must cite four scholarly sources (three of which may come from our course
readings) using Chicago citation style.1
Guide available online at:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html.
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Presentation
You will give an in-class presentation at the end of the semester. This presentation
should last between 8-10 minutes, and must include an audiovisual element. You
will also answer questions from your classmates for about two minutes after your
talk. I strongly recommend that the topic of this presentation be the same as that of
your final paper. You will assign your classmate a 500-1000 word online article or
ten-minute piece of multimedia material related to your topic. Post a link to the
assignment in the “discussion” section of D2L three days before your presentation.
I reserve the right to add reading quizzes.
Course Policies
- Attendance is taken at the beginning of class. I allow two unexcused absences, after
which your overall grade will be lowered 5% per additional unexcused absence.
Excusable absences include, but are not limited to, sick days, religious/cultural
holidays, and competitions trips. Please discuss each individual case with me.
Proper paperwork is required in all cases, according to college rules.
- I do not allow make-up quizzes or exams. Late assignments are penalized at 10%
per day. Should you miss an assignment because of serious illness/injury or a family
emergency, you must let me know as quickly as possible so that I can arrange
alternative coursework. I will approve alternative coursework only in cases of
serious health or family emergency, and I do require appropriate documentation
(from a doctor or counselor).
- If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please provide me a
letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be
addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented
disabilities.2
- All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing
and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this
policy may include cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication,
lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall
be reported to the Honor Code Council ([email protected]; 303-725-2273).
Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be
subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic
sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or
expulsion).3
Contact Disability Services at:
303-492-8671, Willard 322, or http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/.
3 Other information on the Honor Code can be found at:
http://www.colorado.edu/policies/honor.html, and
http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode.
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- Students and faculty each have responsibility for maintaining an appropriate
learning environment. Students who fail to adhere to such behavioral standards
may be subject to discipline. Faculty have the professional responsibility to treat all
students with understanding, dignity, and respect, to guide classroom discussion
and to set reasonable limits on the manner in which they and their students express
opinions. Professional courtesy and sensitivity are especially important with respect
to individuals and topics dealing with differences of race, culture, religion, politics,
sexual orientation, gender variance, and nationalities. Class rosters are provided to
the instructor with the student's legal name. I will gladly honor your request to
address you by an alternate name or gender pronoun. Please advise me of this
preference early in the semester so that I may make appropriate changes to my
records.4
Reading Schedule
“MM” = multimedia assignment. Links for these assignments can be found in the
content section of the course D2L.
“movies” are streamed on the D2L homepage in the news section.
Week I - Introduction
M – introduction
W – Macdonald 1 (e-reading); MM: Pierce
F – Taylor (e-reading); Fukuyama (e-reading)
Week II – Theorizing Post-War Nationalism
M – **no class MLK day**
W – Macdonald 2 (e-reading); Griffin (e-reading)
F – Teitelbaum 1 (e-reading); MM: Ultima Thule, Varulv
Week III - Revolution
M – Macdonald 3 (e-reading); Goodrick-Clarke: Ch. 1
W – Macdonald 4 (e-reading); MM: The Order Documentary
F – Macdonald 5 (e-reading); McGowan (e-reading)
Week IV – Parliamentarianism
M – Wolin (e-reading); Rydgren (e-reading)
W – Schain (e-reading); MM: National Front; Teitelbaum/Karlsson; MM: Mattias
Karlsson 1 and 2
F – Ahmari (e-reading); MM: Jobbik; Ellinas (e-reading); MM: Golden Dawn
Week V – Apolitea
M – Jünger: 1-56
W – Jünger: 56-97
See polices at:
http://www.colorado.edu/policies/classbehavior.html, and
http://www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/judicialaffairs/code.html#student_code.
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F – Evola (e-reading); MacDonald, Kevin (e-reading)
Week VI – Julius Evola
M – Goodrick-Clarke: Ch. 3; Evola: Forward, Ch. 1, 14, 17, 20, and 21
W – Bell (e-reading); Evola: Ch. 22, 31, 32, and 33
F – Evola: Ch. 34, 35, 36, and 37
Week VII – Esotericism
M – Godwin: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
W – Goodrick-Clarke: Ch. 5; Devi (e-reading)
F – Goodrick-Clarke: Ch. 6, 9; Godwin: 63-73
Week VIII – French New Right
M – Sunic: 209-243
W – Sunic: 69-74; Bar-On (ereading)
F – ***Midterm***
Week IX - Russia
M – Dugin: Ch. 1, 3, 4, and 5
W – Dugin: Ch. 7 and 9; MM: TBA
F – Dugin: Ch. 12, 13, 14 ***Paper #1 due in class***
Week X – Global Subcultures
M – Brown (e-reading); Movie: “This is England”; MM: Skrewdriver, Max Resist,
Rahowa
W – Shekhovstov (e-reading); MM: Sol Invictus, Death in June 1 and 2, Von
Thronstahl
F – Goodrick-Clarke: Ch. 12; Teitelbaum 3 (e-reading)
Week XI
M–
W–
F–
** Spring Break **
Week XII – Japan/South Africa
M – Szymkowiak-Steinhoff (e-reading); Smith (e-reading)
W – e-reading TBA; MM: Blanche Documentary (watch clips 1-8)
F – Cavanagh (e-reading); MM: Orania
Week XIII – Breivik and Islam
M – Breivik 1 and 2 (e-reading)
W – Teitelbaum 2 (e-reading); MM: Symphony of Sorrow, Saga
F – Hafez (e-reading); Klug (e-reading)
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Week XIV – Student Presentations
M–
W–
Student assigned readings
F–
Week XV – Student Presentations
M–
W–
Student assigned readings
F–
Week XVI – Student Presentations
M–
W–
Student assigned readings
F – ***Paper #2 due in class***
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