THE GLOBAL RIGHT

An event as part of our focus on FALSE PATRIOTS - THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES

„An equally well-founded and sober analysis - precise, accessible and without any alarmism. The author structures complex contexts clearly and thus offers a valuable basis for categorising right-wing movements - both nationally and internationally.“
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Laura Gabler

Everything that is right-wing: „What populists want“ was precisely mapped by Marcel Lewandowsky in his already „classic“ book from 2024. The language and propaganda tricks of the ultra-right, who today no longer present themselves as advocates of authoritarianism, but as the voice of the people and preachers of a vague kind of „real democracy“. Now the researcher analyses the „global right“, what unites them, what divides them, how the heterogeneous embodiments of resentment and resentment differ.

Parties and movements of the radical and extreme right are on the road to success. They are winning elections, forming governments and influencing public debates. Right-wing populist parties that ostensibly affirm democracy are paving the way for far-right issues and actors to enter institutions and discourse. Where they are in power, democracy and the rule of law are affected. Political scientist Marcel Lewandowsky traces the history of the far right after the Second World War, explains the reasons for their recent successes and discusses their impact on democracy.

Marcel Lewandowsky, born in 1982, is a political scientist and author. He has worked at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, the University of Greifswald and the University of Florida, among others, and conducts research on the topics of populism, democracy and political parties.

Moderation
Robert Misik, Author and journalist

Marcel Lewandowsky:
THE GLOBAL RIGHT. History, conditions for success, effects
C.H. Beck Verlag, 2025, 12,00 €

Marcel Lewandowsky:
WHAT POPULISTS WANT. How they challenge society - and how they should be countered
Kiepenheuer und Witsch Verlag, Cologne 2024. 336 pages, EUR 20.00