Christer Mattsson is the Director of the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg that serves as a national research and resource center on violent extremism. His recent publications include Becoming, belonging and leaving Exit processes among young neo-Nazis in Sweden and Leaving hate behind neo-Nazis, significant others and disengagement (both Journal for Deradicalization, 2018).

Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg. His main research areas are youth studies, family studies, gender studies, social psychology and cultural studies. His recent publications include Youth Studies in Transition. Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (Springer, 2019); Marginalized Masculinities. Contexts, Continuities and Change (Routledge, 2017); and Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (Palgrave, 2017).

Klappentext

Becoming and Unbecoming the Hateful Other provides the first comprehensive sociological study of the contemporary National Socialist movement in Sweden, including how it has developed since the 1990s until the present.

Zusammenfassung
Becoming and Unbecoming the Hateful Other provides the first comprehensive sociological study of the contemporary National Socialist movement in Sweden, including how it has developed since the 1990s until the present.

Inhalt

Introduction; 2. Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Nordic and Global National Socialist Movement; 3. Lost in translation - A case study on a National Socialist rally; 4. The Fear of a Mass Invasion; 5. Becoming a National Socialist; 6. Disengaging and De-radicalizing from the National Socialist Movement; 7. Leaving Hate Behind: National Socialists, Significant Others and Disengagement; 8. Conclusions and Discussion; 9. Method and Methodology.