ABSTRACT
This chapter explores one of the first attempts to relate the concepts of right-wing extremism and societal security. It outlines the concepts and identifies their normative standpoints in respect to immigration and national identity through focusing on the discourses that shaped the concepts. In both, attitudes towards immigrants and national identity are central. However, the concepts have never been related as they are used in different fields of research. The research of right-wing extremism is strong in political science, sociology, psychology and pedagogy, while societal security evolved within security studies, a subfield of international relations studies. The chapter argues that the norms that materialise within the concept are owed to the German post-war situation and represent a specific way to deal with the historic circumstances. It focuses on Germany, as the concept of right-wing extremism was first developed here before it became a popular concept in social science and applied in public administration.
