Exposing the Right and Fighting for Democracy: Celebrating Chip Berlet as Journalist and Scholar

ISBN-13: 9780367681173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 230 str.

Pam Chamberlain; Matthew N. Lyons; Abby Scher

Opis

This book celebrates the life and work of scholar-activist Chip Berlet. His contributions over four decades have had broad-ranging impacts: on activists, independent intellectuals, and academics, from think tanks and social movements to generations of scholars.

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Introduction  Part I: The Early Years  1. Chip in the 1960s  2. My Friend Chip  3. From Way Back When to Now  4. Chip: The "Winni" Years  5. Our Best Friend  6. Awe-Inspiring Moments and Radical Alterations: A Conversation with Chip Berlet  Part II: Analysis  7. Ruminations on an Intellectual History of Chip Berlet and the "Right Wing Populism" Formulation  8. Transnational Right-Wing Populism: Chip Berlet’s Enduring Insights  9. Chip Berlet’s Brave Look at the Far Right’s History and Ourselves  10. Reading Chip Berlet in the Rose City  11. Chip Berlet and the Fidelity of the Clerks: A Historical Excursus  12. Understanding and Resisting Left-Right Convergence in the Internet Age  13. Social Movement Theory and Right-Wing Conspiracism: Hints from Chip Berlet’s Work  14. What I Learned from Interacting with and Reading Chip Berlet: An Appreciation and Thank You  15. Why I’m a Chipite: Lessons from Chip Berlet  16. Agent and Archive: Chip Berlet and the Historicity of Right-Watchers  17. Donald Trump and the Myth of the Deep State  Part III: Practice  18. Our Chip  19. In Praise of Chip Berlet: Intrepid and Trustworthy Trail Guide  20. Chip Berlet’s Magic and Militias  21. Homage to Chip  22. A Conversation on Chip’s Praxis  23. Righteous Mensch  24. The Berlet School of Political Thought  25. Chip: You Rock My World!  26. Fighting the Good Fight: No Chip on his Shoulder  27. Genuine Chip  28. He Opened the Library to Me  29. Chip Berlet, Co-author  30. Chip’s Intellectual Influence in Exploring African Anti-gay Politics  31. The Still, Strategic, Organizer Mind of Chip Berlet  32. An Important Mentor  33. Studies on the Right with Chip Berlet  34. Desperately Seeking Chip  Part IV: Legacy  35. Reflections on Reading Chip Berlet  36. Chip Berlet and Defending Dissent  37. Always There in My Corner  38. A Bridge Called Chip Berlet  39. The Generosity of Chip Berlet  40. A Tribute to Chip  41. For Chip  42. A Hero  43. Chip Berlet was My Foundation  44. The Significance of Chip Berlet  45. A Bright Light of Scholarship and Reporting in a Darkening Time  46. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants  47. Chip Berlet Made Me a Better Researcher and Thinker