<i>The Ideological Framework of the French Nouvelle Droite and the Contemporary Finnish Far Right</i>

This article deals with the xenophobic discourse of contemporary Finnish anti-immigrationists, namely the anti-immigration faction of the Perussuomalaiset party and its 'metapolitical' background organisation - Suomen Sisu. It focuses on two main themes - differentialism and anti-egalitarianism - as they have been conceptualised by the French Nouvelle Droite (ND) and the European New Right. Because these themes have been used to serve a variety of anti-immigration movements and parties within Europe, the article examines whether the selective reception of differentialism and anti-egalitarianism have a part to play in the xenophobic discourse within Finnish politics as well. The Finnish anti…

"Rotten to the core" : variations of French nationalist anti-system rhetoric

Vallitsevan poliittisen järjestelmän vastustaminen on piirre, joka on leimannut ranskalaista äärinationalismia aina 1800-luvun loppupuolelta alkaen. Tuula Vaarakallio tarkastelee tutkimuksessaan kolmea erilaista äärikansallisen liikehdinnän edustajaa, jotka ovat hyökänneet edustuksellista demokratiaa, parlamentarismia sekä poliittista eliittiä vastaa eri aikakausina.Vaarakallio tutki äärioikeistolaista järjestelmän vastaisuutta yksityiskohtaisesti poliittisissa ohjelmateksteissä. Näin hän keräsi lisätietoa siitä, mitä itsestäänselvyytenä pidetyn äärikansallisen protestin taakse kätkeytyy. One of the main components (topoi) of the politics of the French nationalists since the late 19th centu…

The distant present

Introduction, Tuula Vaarakallio & Taru Haapala, 4 Taking Distance as a Condition of the Study of Politics, Kari Palonen, 12 Anti-Parliamentarism of the French Front National Party, Tuula Vaarakallio, 28 The Rhetoric of National Emergency: 9/11 versus Weimar Republic, Anna Kronlund , 48 The Mockery of Adbusters Magazine in the Classical Tradition of Political Rhetoric, Taru Haapala, 71 “Time to be heard”: The Rhetorical Strategies of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, Anna Björk, 90 ‘Dubliners’ in the European Union – A Perspective on the Politics of Asylum-Seeking, Hanna-Mari Kivistö, 106 Notes on Contributors, 129

The concept of populism in the Finnish newspaper Helsingin sanomat

'The Ideological Framework of the French Nouvelle Droite and the Contemporary Finnish Far Right'

This article deals with the xenophobic discourse of contemporary Finnish anti-immigrationists, namely the anti-immigration faction of the Perussuomalaiset party and its 'metapolitical' background organisation - Suomen Sisu. It focuses on two main themes - differentialism and anti-egalitarianism - as they have been conceptualised by the French Nouvelle Droite (ND) and the European New Right. Because these themes have been used to serve a variety of anti-immigration movements and parties within Europe, the article examines whether the selective reception of differentialism and anti-egalitarianism have a part to play in the xenophobic discourse within Finnish politics as well. The Finnish anti…