Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Culture Under Siege: How Illiberal Politics Rewrite the Past and Shape Possible Futures This blogpost is based on the article Weaponizing Culture: The Role of Illiberal Cultural Policy…Kristina Čufar and Hana HawlinaOctober 13, 2025
Frontiers of American ReactionPopculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk and the New Apocalyptic Style in the United States This article is a translation of a piece that first appeared in French in Le Grand…Pasquale AnnicchinoSeptember 26, 2025
Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism American Christian Cinema: A Force to Be Reckoned With? American Christian cinema did not appear out of nowhere when The Passion of the Christ…Nathalie DupontSeptember 22, 2025
Frontiers of American ReactionPopculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Godlywood, Godsploitation, and Faith-based Movies: The Rise of the Christian Film Industry Christian cinema has been around for a long time, but over the past 20 years…Chloé DelaporteSeptember 17, 2025
Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Culture as a Political Instrument of the French Far Right: Rhetoric and Action The program of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party is circumspect about its plans regarding…Vincent GuillonAugust 28, 2025
Frontiers of American ReactionPopculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism A New Religion? Trump, MAGA, and American Christianity Is Donald Trump in the process of founding a new religion? At first glance, the…Joël E. SchnappAugust 22, 2025
Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Gamergate and the Peculiar State of Geek Masculinity in the Gaming Space Gamergate is a social movement that was based on protecting the identity of videogame players,…Michael BilicaAugust 15, 2025
Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Atreju: The Italian Far Right’s Yearly Celebration In 1998, a young Giorgia Meloni organized the first Atreju festival for Azione Giovani, the…Alberto PolimeniJune 23, 2025
Popculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Evola in Space: The Fascist Fandom of Frank Herbert’s Dune The old woman said: “You’ve heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a…Jason RobertsMay 14, 2025
BlogsFrontiers of American ReactionPopculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism Stop Calling them Libertarians: How the Tech Right Learned to Love the State Nearly thirty years ago, the writer Paulina Borsook penned an influential essay, “Cyberselfish,” that explored…Suzanne SchneiderApril 10, 2025