The Ethno-economy: Peter Brimelow and the Capitalism of the Far Right

IF 0.2 3区 社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
QUINN SLOBODIAN
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Abstract

Recent research on the far right has remained surprisingly silent on the question of capitalism. This article takes another approach. It suggests that we must understand the far right emerging out of the economic: out of the dynamics of capitalism itself. It does so through an intellectual portrait of the financial journalist Peter Brimelow, one of the most influential proponents of far-right nativist politics and a self-described “godfather of the Alt Right.” It follows his passage from financial journalist to anti-immigrant firebrand through his encounters with neoliberal luminaries Peter Bauer, Julian Simon, and Milton Friedman. Rather than for an ethnostate, I argue Brimelow is best seen as making the case for an “ethno-economy,” with immigration determined by a racialized hierarchy of human capital.

民族经济:彼得-布里梅洛与极右翼资本主义
近期关于极右翼的研究令人惊讶地对资本主义问题保持沉默。本文采用了另一种方法。文章认为,我们必须理解极右翼从经济中产生:从资本主义本身的动力中产生。本文通过对金融记者彼得-布里梅洛(Peter Brimelow)--极右翼本土主义政治最有影响力的支持者之一和自诩为 "极右翼教父"--的思想描绘来实现这一目标。该书通过他与新自由主义名人彼得-鲍尔、朱利安-西蒙和米尔顿-弗里德曼的接触,讲述了他从财经记者到反移民斗士的经历。我认为,与其说布里梅洛主张建立一个民族国家,不如说他主张建立一个 "民族经济",由种族化的人力资本等级制度来决定移民。
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期刊介绍: Journal of American Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "America", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the United States. The Journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and analysis by established and emerging scholars throughout the world, considering US history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent American Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate.
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