ABSTRACT
This chapter develops two arguments. First, denialism is a tool with which the far-right tries to govern a crisis of trust that already existed—and still exists—independently of whichever political trend is the strongest. In other words, denialism is not a creation by far-right political leaders and influencers. A definite anti-neoliberal aspect of the far-right is its rejection of the government of experts or, more precisely, the recent sophisticated trend of occupying expert positions with staff who are aligned with their political ideas. So, it would be insufficient to explain denialism as a neoliberal manifestation on the grounds that it rebels against regulations and social values. Truth, evidence, and consensus-based governance is usually part of an effort to reduce politics to policy. But politics is back, as the ascension of the far-right evinces.
