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Illiberal Internationalism: Catholic Reactionaries, Global Fascism and the Transnational Far Right from the 19th Century to the Present

Ned Richardson-Little

Kommentar

In recent years, the decline of the liberal international order has raised the specter of a new kind of internationalism led by authoritarian, nationalist and far right forces. Although most scholars can generally agree on a broad definition of liberal internationalism, its illiberal counterpart remains a highly contested concept as its historical examples have usually proven to be divided, fractious and contradictory. This seminar will explore the many previous iterations of reactionary, conservative and far right efforts at international cooperation, and their alternative visions of an illiberal international order. The seminar will begin with the rise of the “Black International” of reactionary Catholicism against the widespread emergence of liberalism and parliamentary democracy in the late 19th century. It will then cover the multiplicity of internationalisms to emerge during the interwar period from nationalists, fascists and Nazis and their legcies into the postwar era. Finally, it will conclude with the post-Cold War rise of the nationalist right across the West including with a focus on Europeanization. The readings will be interdisciplinary and include theoretical works seeking to conceptualize illiberal internationalisms as well as a range of historical studies into specific actors and movements and organizations, including the Montreux Conference, the World Union of National Socialists and the New Right. Schließen

Literaturhinweise

· David Motadel, “Nationalist Internationalism in the Modern Age,” Contemporary European History. 28(1) (2019): 77-81.

· Sandra Halperin, “The far-right in modern world history,” Globalizations, 20:5, (2023): 731-751,

· Daniel Hedinger, “Fascist Internationalism: From a Vanished Institution to a Failed Concept?” Journal of Modern European History, 23(2) (2025): 147-166.

· Martin Hamre, “‘Nationalists of All Countries, Unite!’: Hans Keller and Nazi Internationalism in the 1930s,” Contemporary European History. 33(2) (2024): 477-496.

· Sandrine Kott “Competing Internationalisms: The Third Reich and the International Labour Organization,” in Sandrine Kott and Kiran Klaus Patel (eds.), Nazism across

Borders: The Social Policies of the Third Reich and their Global Appeal (Oxford University Press, 2018)

· Abrahamsen, Drolet, Williams, Vucetic, Narita & Gheciu. World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order (Cambridge University Press 2024).

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