Susanne Kaiser - Political Masculinity

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2 Title Page Political Masculinity How Incels, Fundamentalists and Authoritarians Mobilize for Patriarchy SUSANNE KAISER Translated by Valentine A. Pakis polity

3 Copyright Originally published in German as Politische Männlichkeit. Wie Incels, Fundamentalisten und Autoritäre für das Patriarchat mobilmachen © Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin 2020. All rights reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin. This English edition © Polity Press, 2022 The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut. Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-5082-1 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021948547 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Dedication Dedication For Jakob, Daniel and Luca

5 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements I would like to thank Jakob Krais, Renata Jakovac, Laurence Erdur, Jule Govrin, Elise Landschek and Marion Kaiser for reading my manuscript so closely, honestly critiquing my arguments, and intensely discussing the topics at hand. Without their help, the book would not be what it is. My gratitude also extends to my editor, Christian Heilbronn, who dug deeply into the material presented here and put his heart and soul into the text.

6 Introduction Notes

7 I Organized Misogyny1 The Incel Movement 2 A New Type of Misogynistic Masculinity 3 The ‘Manosphere’: A Reservoir of Aggrieved Men 4 Violence against Women, Online and Offline 5 Attacks against Women 6 A New Form of Terrorism Emerges Notes

8 II The Ideologies of Authoritarians: For the ‘Natural Order’1 Aggrieved Entitlement 2 The Politicization of Masculinity 3 The Prophets of the Masculinists 4 White Sharia Notes

9 III The Politics of Masculinity1 Translating Aggrieved Entitlement into Political Action 2 Unholy Alliances 3 The Networks and Strategies of the Anti-Gender Movement 4 Follow the Money: How Transnational Movements Are Built 5 Riding Hegemonic Masculinity to Power 6 Biologism as an Attack on Democracy 7 Poster Girls and Female Architects Notes

10 Conclusion: Masculinity in Uncertain Times Notes

11 Index

12 End User License Agreement

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2 Contents

3 Title Page Political Masculinity How Incels, Fundamentalists and Authoritarians Mobilize for Patriarchy SUSANNE KAISER Translated by Valentine A. Pakis polity

4 Copyright

5 Dedication

6 Acknowledgements

7 Introduction

8 Begin Reading

9 Conclusion: Masculinity in Uncertain Times

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

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SUSANNE KAISER

Translated by Valentine A. Pakis

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Originally published in German as Politische Männlichkeit. Wie Incels, Fundamentalisten und Autoritäre für das Patriarchat mobilmachen © Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin 2020. All rights reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin.

This English edition © Polity Press, 2022

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut.

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-5082-1

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.