Civilizational Fantasies in Populist Far Right and Islamist Discourses

Left Brain, Right Brain: Facts and Fantasies

Handedness and brain asymmetry are widely regarded as unique to humans, and associated with complementary functions such as a left-brain specialization for language and logic and a right-brain specialization for creativity and intuition. In fact, asymmetries are widespread among animals, and support the gradual evolution of asymmetrical functions such as language and tool use. Handedness and br...

The Puzzle of Populist Right Success in Western Europe

In the current debate about the causes of the populist right’s success in several multiparty democracies in Western Europe, too few explanations have focused on the contradictions in the coalitions voting for these parties. One reason for this neglect is lack of easily available appropriate survey data. By analyzing and comparing national election studies, this article is able to overcome some ...

The Far Right Challenge

Speed and Mannion make a good case that the rise of populism poses significant challenges for health policy. This commentary suggests that the link between populism and health policy should be further nuanced in four ways. First, a deconstruction of the term populism itself and a focus on the far right dimension of populist politics; second, a focus on the supply side and more specifically the ...

Running Head: Effects of Right-Wing Populist Political Advertising Effects of Right-Wing Populist Political Advertising on Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes

We investigated the effects of antiforeigner political advertisements on implicit and explicit stereotypes. While stereotypical associations may become automatically activated (implicit stereotypes), individuals can reject these thoughts and decide not to use them for an overtly expressed judgment (explicit stereotypes). We hypothesized that even if citizens negated stereotypical content, adver...

Laden and Islamist Terrorism