World of the Right - Radical Conservatism and Global Order

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• Prof. Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa), Prof. Michael C. Williams (University of Ottawa)
• Wednesday 05 March 2025, 17:00-18:30
• Room SG2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT.

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We are very excited to be hosting Prof. Rita Abrahamsen and Prof. Michael C. Williams for a talk on their book “World of the Right”

The contemporary radical Right is not merely a series of nationalist projects but a global phenomenon. This book shows how radical conservative thinkers have developed long-term counter-hegemonic strategies that challenge prevailing social and political orders both nationally and internationally. At the heart of this ideological project is a critique of liberal globalisation that seeks to mobilise transversal alliances against a common enemy: the ‘New Class’ of global managerial elites who are accused of undermining national sovereignty, traditional values, and cultures. ‘World of the Right’ argues that while the radical Right is far from a unified political movement, its calls for sovereignty, civilisational orders, and multipolarity enable complex, strategic convergences with illiberal states such as China and Russia, as well as states and people in the Global South. The potential consequences for the future of the liberal world order are profound and wide-ranging.

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