Open AccessRevenge of the Nerds: Recidivist Masculinity, Identity Politics and the Online ‘Culture Wars’
Author(s) -
Udith Dematagoda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of extreme anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2535-3241
DOI - 10.5617/jea.5359
Subject(s) - masculinity , context (archaeology) , ideology , relevance (law) , identity (music) , politics , sociology , work (physics) , gender studies , aesthetics , media studies , political science , history , law , art , mechanical engineering , archaeology , engineering
This paper is longform commentary and analysis of Angela Nagle's recent work Kill All Normies Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right. It explores the work's relevance to 'Extreme Masculinties', and places it within the context of the contemporary poltiical situation. The work's main thesis on the aesthetic and libidinal forms and characteristics of the 'Alt-Right' are heavily interrogated and placed within the historical context of previous 'crises' in masculinity. This analysis proceeds to further explore the existence of this contemporary crisis through the broader spectrum of identity politics, and its problematic ideological conflicts and consequences.