{"product_id":"hard-right-muscular-rhetoric-and-the-new-nationalism-paperback","title":"Hard Right: Muscular Rhetoric and the New Nationalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCasey Ryan Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking examination of far-right rhetoric around fitness and the human body and how such rhetoric serves white nationalist, masculinist aims.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn recent years, far-right, white-nationalist groups in the US have churned out streams of discourse glorifying \"muscularity\" as the ideal masculine form. This preoccupation with physical fitness--along with expressed fears of declining testosterone levels in men, race-mixing, and transgender women--reveals the masculine bodily fantasies and anxieties that underwrite the political unconscious of the far right. In \u003ci\u003eHard Right, \u003c\/i\u003e Casey Ryan Kelly examines the link between extreme fitness culture and fascist organizations, arguing that the human body operates as a privileged signifier of national belonging in the rhetoric of the far right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from psychoanalytic theory, Kelly shows that far-right rhetoric constructs fantasies of recovering the \"natural\" or primal masculine body. These fantasies are frequently accompanied by anxieties about \"soft,\" disabled, and ambiguously gendered bodies, all of which are seen as signs of degeneracy that must be transformed, exiled, or eradicated for the sake of national and racial health. Through its examination of \"Red Pill\" fitness influencers, \"bro science\" conspiracy theories, far-right podcasts, and more, \u003ci\u003eHard Right\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately shows how the cultural logics of men's health and physical fitness converge with the political logics of white nationalism and late fascism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasey Ryan Kelly is Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eCaught on Tape: White Masculinity and Obscene Enjoyment \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Man: The Death Drive and the Rhetoric of White Masculine Victimhood. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53909991948595,"sku":"9780814259931","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rBvzqF_oRS9780814259931.webp?v=1787834350","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/hard-right-muscular-rhetoric-and-the-new-nationalism-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}