Dienert, Torre (2024) Exploring Neoliberalism's Fascist Move: Explaining Present-day Far-Right through a Polanyian Case Study on the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
In this dissertation, I introduce the Polanyian Political Economy as laid out in The Great Transformation (1944), and analyse how the renewed rise of the far-right in the 2010s/2020s and its orientation towards (neo)liberalism can be explained through a Polanyian lens. I compare and contextualise two different interpretations of Polanyi on the case of the German AfD; the first interpretation being the far-right as a countermovement, contrasted to the far-right being part of the liberal movement itself; and have argued for the latter interpretation. Finally, I have extended the second interpretation, by positioning the AfD’s role within the liberal movement, where it is functioning as a radical flank - significantly enhancing the liberal movement’s capabilities by using fascist methods.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | McKeown, M.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 08:36 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 08:36 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/425 |
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