This edited collection addresses a growing concern in Europe and the United States about the
future of the European Union democratic institutions and democracy itself. The current
success of right-wing parties¿marked by the adoption of extremist nationalistic rhetoric aimed
to incite fear of the ¿other¿ and the use of authoritarian policies when attaining the
majority¿is putting pressure on basic human rights and the rule of law. Eight sociocultural
anthropologists working in England Northern Ireland Italy France Poland Germany Hungary
and the United States use varying methodological and theoretical approaches to inspect a number
of such parties and their supporters while assessing the underpinnings of current right-wing
successes in what has heretofore been a recurring post-war cycle. The research collected in
Cycles of Hatred and Rage supports the validity of the above concerns and it ultimately
suggests that in the current battle between democratic globalists and authoritarian
nationalists the outcome is far from clear.
