ABSTRACT
The first decades of the new millennium have been the scene of a growing global entrenchment of political forces and movements openly inspired by radical and populist right-wing values. The motivations, causes, and determining variables—economic, social, political—of this growing proliferation are complex and diverse, and open to different interpretations according to the analytical categories used, and the theoretical perspective chosen for analysis. The social sciences have not been indifferent to the rise of the far right, particularly in Europe where literary contributions are fuelling, on a large scale, a wide range of topics investigating the causes, rise, and diffusion of the phenomena. Among the most widespread approaches to the study of the far right through social movement—specific categories are certainly those of resource mobilization and political opportunity theories. The interest in the researcher-subject relationship has emerged, thanks to the growing focus on the sociological aspect of emotion in social movements and its role and importance in the collective action.
