ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book explores how English Defence League (EDL) activism has worked as a project of collective world-making for those who have chosen to march under its banner. Participation in EDL activism also generated positive emotions. As might be expected, one of the most prominent of these was pride. People lives are characterised by a tremendous array of emotions. Hate, anger, outrage, fear and indignation played an important role in recruitment and in sustaining participation in EDL activism. The book concludes with some observations organised around five broad themes: the heterogeneity of EDL activists' journeys into and through activism. Then the ideological structures around which they mobilised; their identity structures; the emotional batteries of EDL activism; and the persistence of organised anti-Muslim activism. As Treadwell and Garland observes, part of the allure of EDL activism is that it offers participants an opportunity to construct heroic identities.
