Far‑Right Extremism and Digital Book Publishing - Dr Helen Young and Associate Professor Geoff M. Boucher

Some of these books have inspired the planning and commission of acts of terrorist violence on significant scales.3 Others, such as the fascist philosophies of Julius Evola and Carlos Videla, propagandise for the reactivation of the world views of historical German and Italian regimes, through political violence, anti‑Semitism and anti‑democratic authoritarianism. [...] 5 Far‑Right Extremism and Digital Book Publishing Here, instead of the ideational discipline of party formations, lone actors embark on quests for significance that lead to forms of do‑it‑yourself ideological bricolage.8 In the 21st century, digital communication technology has revolutionised the capacity of FRE actors and networks to generate and disseminate the hate literature that facilitates f. [...] The combination of digital self‑publishing of e‑books and print‑on‑demand facilities has the potential to exponentially increase the visibility and viability of low‑volume niche titles.9 This is the case with The Unabomber Manifesto – which was the number one book title in the anarchism category on Amazon.com at the time of writing (May 2024) – and the appearance of a novel, originally written as. [...] 15 16 Far‑Right Extremism and Digital Book Publishing 5 Detecting the Prevalence of FRE Books on Commercial Platforms Amazon Amazon reportedly controlled 37.6% of the e‑commerce market in the US in 2023,27 and between 54% and 71% of the e‑book and book markets in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the UK, Canada and the US in the same year.28 According to a report in The Nation (amongst many), the cor. [...] Multiple copies of Pierce’s The Turner Diaries, which 42 Identitarianism developed from the thought of French new right figure Guillame Faye, originally in Europe and then in the US and other parts of the Anglophone world, after translation of his writings into English and publication by Arktos Media in the early 20th century.