Event overview
Facebook live: The Avante-Garde Tactics of the Alt-Right
According to its architect and chief spokesman Richard Spencer, the Alt-Right movement in America is "the only new show in town" in the face of what he calls "lame, goofball equal rights schtick".
By styling themselves as a 'counterculture' like that of the 1960s, Spencer and a group of anti-liberal internet personalities have rebranded radical right wing politics as the 'cool' rebellious option in an age dominated by the “tyranny of the left".
During this Facebook live session, Dr. Guy Stevenson from the Department of English and Comparative Literature will point out that methods used such as 'trolling' and 'red pilling' have a lot in common with avant-garde art and literature movements of the 20th Century. By understanding online shock tactics in the context of these earlier countercultures, he argues, we can devise more productive ways of challenging them.
Tune in on Monday 19th February at 17:30 to join the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/events/1611339772290411/.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2018 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm |
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