Agonistic Belonging: The Banality of Good, the “Alt Right” and the Need for Sympathy

Abstract

This paper considers aspects of the rise of neo-fascist political sentiment across Europe. It suggests that an appropriate political response to those developments must involve a reconsideration of the politics of sympathy which is seen as essential in the formation of solidarity.

Keywords

• anti-racism
• compassion
• nationalism
• humanism
• alt right
• nostalgia
• proteophobia
• fanon
• améry