Understanding the philosophy of the far-right

Before it can be refuted, and defeated, the far-right is a movement that needs to be understood, writes Vittorio Bufacchi

Some of the language used to describe the perpetrators of the violence during the riots in Dublin recently played into the hands of far-right. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The far-right is everywhere, and Ireland is not an exception. 

It is naïve to assume that while the tide of the far-right keeps rising in Europe and in every corner of the world, it hasn’t and will never engulf Ireland, an island of commonsense and toleration amid an expanding swamp. Exceptionalism is a convenient tale told by a fool signifying lack of political judgement.