The Voice of Modern Hatred

by Nicholas Fraser

"The end of the twentieth century was marked by a resurgence of extreme right-wing politics across Europe and, in Bosnia and Kosovo, atrocities compared to the most degrading events of the Second World War. Nicholas Fraser has spent three years traveling across Europe to meet, confront, and try to understand the personalities behind this resurgence and assess the threat they pose to democracy.". "He interviewed members of what could be called "traditional" Far Rights groups, fascinated with the dark aesthetic of Fascism: the black boots, buckles, banners, and pagan mythology their mid-century forbears found so alluring. He sat in meetings held by "local" Fuhrers in Denmark, Belgium, and Germany - sporting the uniform of Doc Martens and Fred Perry polo shirts. These often were cranky, vocal, fringe groups, malcontented and poorly educated. But the Far Right does not consist only of disorganized, Doc-Martened hooligans. Fraser also spoke with leaders who speak a coded language of euphemi