近年、いわゆる「オルタナ右翼」と呼ばれる白人民族主義運動が驚くべき勢いで拡大していて、2016年の大統領選では主要ニュースのひとつとなりました。今やオルタナ右翼に関する議論は、米国内外の政治的言説の一部となっています。
本書は、保守運動と右翼過激派の世界的な専門家の一人であるジョージ・ホーリーが、今日の米国で最も不穏な動きの一つであるオルタナ右翼の思想、戦術、歴史、著名人についてわかりやすく解説するものです。オルタナ右翼は新しい現象のように見えますが、長年にわたる急進的な右翼の政治的伝統の最新の反復に過ぎません。多元的な自由民主主義に対する真の挑戦と受け止められていますが、その規模や影響力はしばしば誇張されています。意図的であろうとなかろうと、ドナルド・トランプ大統領は2016年にオルタナ右翼を活性化させました。これを目撃した多くの人は、トランプ氏のさまざまな右翼政治とオルタナ右翼を混同することで、その規模を過大評価し、その急進性を軽んじています。
現代の急進的右派の概観、主流の保守主義との違い、そして、この破壊的で潜在的に危険な政治的思想について、冷静かつわかりやすい解説を提供します。
   

• Looks at the history of the Alt-Right, beginning with its birth in 2008, and concludes with the deadly Charlottesville, VA rally and its aftermath in 2017
• Gives a full picture of the Alt-Right, clarifies its nature, and points out the ideological influences of the movement
• Compares and contrasts the Alt-Right to similar white nationalist movements from earlier periods of US history

In recent years, the so-called Alt-Right, a white nationalist movement, has grown at an alarming rate. Taking advantage of high levels of racial polarization, the Alt-Right seeks to normalize explicit white identity politics. Growing from a marginalized and disorganized group of Internet trolls and propagandists, the Alt-Right became one of the major news stories of the 2016 presidential election, and exploded into public consciousness after its march through Charlottesville in summer 2017. Discussions of the Alt-Right are now a regular part of political discourse in the United States and beyond.
   
In The Alt-Right: What Everyone Needs to Know®, George Hawley, one of the world's leading experts on the conservative movement and right-wing radicalism, provides a clear explanation of the ideas, tactics, history, and prominent figures of one of the most disturbing movements in America today. Although it presents itself as a new phenomenon, the Alt-Right is just the latest iteration of a longstanding radical right-wing political tradition. Throughout, Hawley discusses the other primary ideological influences on the Alt-Right: libertarianism, paleoconservatism, neo-reaction, and the Men's Rights Movement. The Alt-Right represents a genuine challenge to pluralistic liberal democracy, but its size and influence are often exaggerated. Whether intentionally or not, President Donald Trump energized the Alt-Right in 2016, yet conflating Trump's variety of right-wing politics with the Alt-Right causes many observers to both overestimate the Alt-Right's size and downplay its radicalism.
   
Hawley provides a tour of the contemporary radical right, and explains how it differs from more mainstream varieties of conservatism. Dispassionate and accessible, this is an essential overview for anyone seeking to understand to this disruptive and dangerous political movement.