Ultranationalism arises from the failure of class politics

Evidence

Everyone has chauvinistic potentials of one kind or another which can be activated by particular sets of forces. Ultranationalism is a symptom of the failure of class politics; or, class politics emerges through the ultra-nationalist lens in a distorted and displaced way. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1851

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: why far-right surges should be read as displaced class grievances rather than pure racism, with implications for how progressives respond.
• XREF: connects to: Racially conscious working-class nationalism emerged from English class formation — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 234; Dismissing culture as class consciousness left Marxism unequipped for political forces — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 363; Conflating class-State with regulated society is a reactionary middle-class error (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The collapse of class parties after WWI opened the way for totalitarian movements #corroborates (0.92) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 653
• Class cleavage, like sectional strife, triggered unifying nationalist nativism #corroborates (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 309
• Hypernationalist rhetoric served to justify a supranational monopoly of power #exemplifies (0.82)
• Racially conscious working-class nationalism emerged from English class formation #expands (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 234
• Culture acquires class meaning only through present political struggle #complicates (0.78)
• Class struggle over resources is disguised as cultural incompatibility between groups #complicates (0.77) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 514
• Postcolonial national bourgeoisies consolidated while nationalism evaporated or caused havoc #complicates (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 150
• Conflating class-State with regulated society is a reactionary middle-class error #complicates (0.74)
• Dismissing culture as class consciousness left Marxism unequipped for political forces #qualifies (0.72) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 363
• Dismissing multiculturalism as political betrays that monoculture is political too #complicates (0.70) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 230