Cas Mudde

The starting point of this project builds on one of the main arguments of Mudde’s 2019 book The Far Right Today, namely that we are currently in a different (fourth) phase of the postwar far right, which is both qualitatively and quantitatively different. Mudde did not develop this argument in detail in the book and wants to do so as part of this project. The main idea is that this change in the far right has profound consequences for how best to study, report on, and fight it. The project consists of two parts, one focused on the change of the far right and one focused on how to respond to this change. While both are fairly big and complex questions, Mudde hopes to use his time at the IWM to think about them and engage in discussions with colleagues and guests of the Institute.