The Rise of the Right in Times of Capitalist Crisis: A Materialist Explanation

Authors

  • Tibor Rutar University of Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51151/identities.v11i1.299

Keywords:

right wing, capitalism, crisis, materialism

Abstract

In the article we aim to examine two pressing issues for any progressive, anti-capitalist movement or party today. The first concerns the (non-)success of classical Marxist attempts at providing a satisfactory account of workers’ rising support for pro-capitalist ideology and political parties in times of economic crisis. The second relates to an updated attempt of a materialist explanation of this phenomenon.

Author(s): Tibor Rutar

Title (English): The Rise of the Right in Times of Capitalist Crisis: A Materialist Explanation

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Summer 2015)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 84-99

Page Count: 15

Citation (English): Tibor Rutar, “The Rise of the Right in Times of Capitalist Crisis: A Materialist Explanation,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Summer 2015): 84-99.

Author Biography

Tibor Rutar, University of Ljubljana

Tibor Rutar is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a member of the Institute for Labour Studies and the editorial board of the Slovenian journal Borec. His PhD thesis is on the topic of Weberian and Post-Structuralist critiques of the core methodological and theoretical claims of historical materialism.

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Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Rutar, T. (2015). The Rise of the Right in Times of Capitalist Crisis: A Materialist Explanation. Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 11(1), 84-99. https://doi.org/10.51151/identities.v11i1.299