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A Accelerationism, 3 Activism, 2, 7, 30, 119, 120, 128 Adventure, 59, 60 Index A Attention economy, 19, 34, 38, 40, Accelerationism, 3 46 Activism, 2, 7, 30, 119, 120, 128 Australia, 4, 14, 16, 30, 39, 71, 86, Adventure, 59, 60, 85–87, 94, 98, 87, 89, 101, 103, 106, 114 102 Avatar, 39, 41, 42, 70, 77 Aggrieved entitlement, 2, 8, 13, 15, 45, 72, 116, 119, 133 Algorithms, 34, 44, 47, 76 Alienated, 15, 36 B Amplification, 31 Bannon, Steve, 64, 127 Anger, 3, 7, 8, 14, 17, 21, 36, 50, Base, The, 69, 70, 133 72, 97, 107, 119, 124, 125, 128, Belonging, 7, 17, 21, 44, 72, 73, 78, 133 86–89, 98, 101, 107, 115, 117, Anglin, Andrew, 40, 43 119, 124, 133 Anonymity, 31, 32, 38, 39, 42, 45 Birthright, 6, 91 Antifa, 20, 120 Black Lives Matter, 127 Anti-Semitic, 62, 120, 127 Blood, 9, 33, 59, 61, 63, 66, 67, 70, Anti-system, 3, 8, 116 71, 75, 78, 89, 117, 130 Aryan, 2, 16, 58, 60, 61, 66–71, 73, Boogaloo Boys, 9, 37, 66 89–91, 107, 121, 123 Bots, 34, 35 Atavism, 59 Bourdieu, 12, 130 Atomwaffen Division, 66, 69, 70 Brotherhood, 72, 78 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive 141 license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 P. Nilan, Young People and the Far Right, Alternatives and Futures: Cultures, Practices, Activism and Utopias, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1811-6 142 INDEX C Ethnostate, 66, 86, 90, 97, 104–106, Canada, 4, 16, 71, 73, 86, 89, 121, 131, 132 99–101, 106, 124 Europe, European, 2, 4, 9–12, 14, 16, Citizenship, 12, 91, 105, 106 17, 20, 43, 57, 63, 64, 71–73, Class, 8, 11–13, 15, 17, 21, 33, 71, 78, 89–93, 95, 101, 106, 107, 75, 93, 97, 106, 116, 122, 123, 114, 118, 121, 123 125, 133 Exit counseling, 126 Clothing, 9, 61, 90, 119 Expertise, 31, 32, 39 Collective identity, 47, 50, 124, 126 Colonization, 4, 68, 94, 95, 101 Conspiracy theory, 7, 11, 20, 30, F 32–34, 45–47, 49, 58, 61–63, 4chan, 35, 36, 76, 77, 122 99, 100, 107, 117, 118, 122, 133 Facebook, 50, 90, 102 COVID-19 pandemic, 3, 107 Fake news, 5, 30, 49, 99, 133 Fantasy, 2, 5, 6, 16, 40–42, 58–66, 68–72, 75–79, 106, 114, D 131–133 Daily Stormer, 39, 43, 122 Fascism, 67, 86 Deep state, 46 Feminism, 39, 88, 114, 116 Defender, 60, 78, 87, 94, 96, 103, First Person Shooter, 32, 41, 70 104, 107 Floaters, 6, 7, 19, 21, 30, 31, 33, 37, Dehumanizing, 62, 132 45, 77, 78, 113, 117, 120 Digital technology, 9, 21, 30, 34, 100 France, 88, 92–94, 100, 106 Discord, 3, 30, 36, 41, 42, 117 Future, 2, 3, 7, 16, 18, 37, 49, 59, Disenfranchised, 97 60, 62, 65–67, 75, 78, 86–88, Disindividuation, 20, 130 91, 92, 97–99, 101, 103, 104, Doxxing, 4, 30–32, 39, 42, 44, 120 106, 107, 114, 130–134 E Elective affinity, 33 G Elites, 3, 15, 33, 46, 47, 50, 61–64, Gab, 50 71, 78, 86, 93, 116, 118, 124, Gamification of hate, 30, 40, 43–45 131 Gavin McInnes, 15 Encryption, 32 Gender violence, 127 Endgame, 16, 86, 90, 92, 97, 104, Generation Identity, 9, 14, 17, 20, 105 43, 90, 92, 97, 101, 127 English Defence League (EDL), 97, Germany, 9, 16, 36, 60, 71, 72, 114 89–93, 117, 123 Entitlement, 6, 8, 12–14, 38, 45, 50, Getting older, 119 71, 72, 87, 88, 95, 97, 101, 103, Great Replacement, 92, 105 106, 107, 116, 119, 123, 133 Grievance, 20, 46, 50, 116, 123, 126 INDEX 143 H Live Action Role-Playing game Habitus, 12, 13, 87, 130, 133 (LARP), 40, 42 Hacking, 30–33, 61 Harassment, 4, 5, 7, 30, 33, 38, 40, 44, 45, 50 M Hardcore, 5, 9, 123 Make America Great Again (MAGA), Hate speech, 4, 5, 7, 18, 19, 21, 30, 97–99 31, 34, 41, 45, 46, 49, 66, 90, Manosphere, 13, 14, 36, 39 95, 98, 105, 107, 118, 134 Marginalise, 7, 33, 116, 120 Hero, 5, 33, 42, 46, 50, 57–65, 67, Masculinity, 3, 8, 13–16, 21, 44, 50, 69–71, 73, 75, 78, 87, 91, 92, 58, 59, 70, 75, 87 94, 97, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, Massive Multiplayer Online Role- 114, 115, 117, 119, 133 Playing Games (MMORPGs), Heteronormative, 13, 14, 72, 73, 78, 40 102, 104 Mbembe, Achille, 18, 19, 106 Hitler, 60, 61, 66, 67, 89, 96, 103, Memes, 5, 32, 35–37, 77, 91, 103 120, 129 Militia, 37, 66, 124, 132 Homeland, 61, 86, 102, 124, 125, Misogyny, 3, 6, 14, 17, 20, 114, 132 132 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), 9, 65, Honor, 64, 73, 76, 78 100 Music, 9, 49, 100, 119, 120, 123–126 I Imagined nation, 5, 86 N Immigration, 4, 6, 10, 11, 72, 88, National Action, 96, 119, 123 91–93, 95, 100, 103, 107, 118 Necropolitics, 18, 19, 106 Instagram, 48 Neo-liberalism, 8, 78, 92, 105 Invasion, 12, 17, 18, 58, 62, 64, 89, Neo-Nazism, 70 93, 100, 104, 105 Nietzsche, 64, 132 Islamophobia, 6, 75, 101 Norse, Nordic, 60, 61, 71–73, 75, 89 Nostalgia, 16, 98 J Jordan Peterson, 101 O Occult, 20, 67, 69, 76–78 Orientalism, 4 K Other, 1 Ku Klux Klan, 121 P L Paganism, 75 Leaving, 5, 11, 119, 124, 126, 129 Palingenetic, 86, 92, 96, 99, 101, LGBTIQ+, 4, 14, 30, 88, 132 106, 133 144 INDEX Parler, 50 S Patriarchy, 5, 50 Satanism, 67 Patriotic Alternative, 96, 120 Scapegoat, 97, 103, 107, 116 Patriotism, 50, 86–88, 96, 99, 107, Settler nations, 4, 14, 16, 17, 86, 89, 126 106 Pepe the Frog, 35, 37, 76 Shitposting, 32, 33, 42 Personal relationships, 129 Skinheads, 123, 128, 130 Pizzagate, 46, 47 Social media, 3, 4, 10, 19, 20, 30–32, Political correctness, 6, 14, 33, 101, 35, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 66, 102, 116 90, 93, 100, 119, 133 Popular culture, 9, 35, 60, 63–66, 70, Social movement, 6, 19–21, 75 76, 78, 107 Soldiers of Odin, 71, 73–76 Populism, 76 Stigma, 5, 14, 65, 115 Post-ironic, 76, 78 Stormfront, 19, 38, 121 Precarity, 133 Subculture, 8, 9, 20, 47, 73, 95, 115, Prejudice, 4, 44, 122 133 Swarming, 32, 34, 42 Primordialism, 16, 57, 76, 89, 93, 95, Swastika, 49, 77, 91, 124, 128, 131 101 Propaganda, 1–3, 6, 7, 10, 14, 32, 35, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47, 50, T 69, 72, 86, 88, 96, 117, 119, Teens, Teenagers, 5, 11, 13, 15, 32, 125, 133 43, 69, 98, 121–125, 127–130 Proud Boys, 9, 14, 15 Terrorist acts, 2, 72, 96, 100, 122 Traditional values, 11–13, 15, 45, 102, 116 Q Training camps, 91, 122 QAnon, 31, 38, 46, 47, 63, 91, 93, Transcendence, 65 99, 100, 118 Trolling, 4, 7, 21, 30–32, 34, 38–40, Queer, 13, 15 42, 44, 49, 116 Trump, Donald, 17, 35, 38, 46, 64, 76–78, 88, 91, 97–100, 117, 118, 127 R Twitter, 17, 31–35, 46, 50, 64, 100, Radicalization, 38, 40, 48, 121, 126 103, 127 Recruitment, 3, 7, 20, 21, 30, 41, 43, 45, 47, 50, 69, 70, 89, 93, 114, 117, 118, 134 U Redpilled, 10, 33, 62, 115, 118 Ultra-nationalism, 2, 74, 79, 86–89, Renegade, 2, 4, 44, 66, 87, 119 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 101, 105, Replacement, 17, 92, 93, 104, 105 107, 133 Respect, 18, 68, 78, 88, 117 United Kingdom, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, Role-Playing Game (RPG), 40, 42 62, 71, 74, 89, 95, 96, 99, 106, INDEX 145 114, 115, 119, 120, 122, 123, W 125, 128, 129, 132 Warrior symbolism, 65, 72 United States, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 35, Weaponization, 17, 30, 34, 44 37, 38, 42, 44, 46, 47, 61, Weapons, 41, 59, 61, 64, 66, 70, 91, 62, 64, 66, 67, 69, 74, 76–78, 124, 125 86, 89, 91, 99, 100, 104, 106, Weber, Max, 33 114–122, 126–128 White genocide, 17, 36, 42, 96, 103, Utopia, 16, 86, 105, 106, 131, 132 107, 119 White supremacy, 3, 6, 10, 16, 42, 101, 103, 121, 122, 130, 132 Woke, 33 V Wolfsangel, 48 Vikings, 16, 33, 71–75, 130 World-changing, 39, 40, 45, 119 Victimhood, 7, 13, 17, 50, 78, 107, 131, 134 Y Video games, 3, 32, 36, 39, 40, 58, Youth culture, 9, 10, 21, 35, 37, 39, 60, 62, 65, 72, 119 71, 72, 90, 95, 103, 119 Vigilantism, 72, 103 YouTube, 47, 48, 77, 93 Violence, 2, 8, 14, 18, 20, 46, 59, 64–70, 72, 78, 79, 96, 104, 105, 114, 116, 123–126, 128, 129, Z 132 Zionist Occupied Government Virtual networks, 41 (ZOG), 62, 66.
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