Extremism of the centre
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Extremism of the centre is a term in
Jürgen R. Winkler ranks Lipset's theory – together with the work of
The socioeconomic analysis Hitlers Wähler (1991) by Jürgen W. Falter puts the middle class thesis of the rise of Nazism into perspective. Falter found out that while indeed 40% of Nazi voters came from the middle class, the working class also represented a significant voter group. The most significant social characteristic of a Nazi Party voter was religious denomination, with Protestants voting for the Nazis much more than Catholics.[2]
In the 1990s, the term became a political buzzword in Germany, which was used alongside a criticism of society in general. With their positioning in the discussions about Leitkultur, multiculturalism, nation and immigration, the political and economic elites (and not the far-right parties themselves) are said to promote far-right ideas, and this prepares the way to an authoritarian society.[7]
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References
- ^ Jürgen W. Falter (1981): Radicalization of the Middle Classes or Mobilization of the Unpolitical? The Theories of Seymour Martin Lipset and Reinhard Bendix on the Electoral Support of the NSDAP in the Light of Recent Research. In: Social Science Information 2, 1981, pages 389–430. See also Seymour Martin Lipset: "Fascism" – Left, Right, and Center. In: Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1981, pages 127–152.
- ^ a b Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Ist "die Mitte" (rechts)extremistisch?, 21. September 2015
- ^ Theodor Geiger: Panik im Mittelstand. 1930.
- ISBN 978-3-8260-2878-6, p. 16 (online)
- ^ Richard Hofstadter: The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt. In: Daniel Bell (Ed.): The Radical Right. Garden City 1964, pages 75–95.
- ^ Jürgen R. Winkler: Rechtsextremismus. Gegenstand – Erklärungsansätze – Grundprobleme
- ISBN 3-506-71751-0, pages 110–113