@article{1432392,
      recid = {1432392},
      author = {Gillespie, Liam.},
      title = {The psychosocial imaginaries of defence nationalism :  far-right extremism in Australia and the UK /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (264 pages)},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism  interrogates the emergence of far-right nationalist  'defence leagues' in Australia and the UK. Throughout the  book, Liam Gillespie refers to these groups as defence  nationalists: that is, as nationalists who imagine  themselves as defenders of the nation and therefore  national subjects par excellence. Drawing on original  research, psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory--and  particularly the work of Jacques Lacan--the author explores  the narratives, imaginaries and subjectivities that sustain  these groups, as well as the narratives, imaginaries and  subjectivities these groups sustain. He argues that unlike  other nationalist groups, defence nationalists are not  primarily concerned with realising their avowed political  projects. Instead, they are concerned with constructing and  then enjoying themselves as the nation's self-ordained  defenders. This means that which threatens the nation can  paradoxically have a fortifying effect upon defence  nationalists, legitimising and securing both the way they  see themselves, and the position they see themselves  occupying with/in the nation. The Psychosocial Imaginaries  of Defence Nationalism will be of interest to anyone  concerned with critical theorisations of contemporary  nationalism, as well as with the application of  psychoanalytic and psychosocial theory to social, cultural  and political analysis. Liam Gillespie holds a Ph. D. from  the School of Social and Political Sciences at the  University of Melbourne, Australia.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432392},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55470-5},
}