Simon Strick
Born1974
Alma materHumboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsGender studies, cultural studies, studies of fascism
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg, Brandenburg Center for Media Studies

Simon Strick (born 1974) is a German cultural and gender studies scholar known for his research on right-wing extremism, neo-fascism, and alt-right Internet communities.

Strick earned a PhD in cultural studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2011. His dissertation was later published as the book American Dolorologies (2014).[1] His research has focused on cultural studies, gender studies, criminology and studies of fascism, and he has worked as a dramaturg. He has been a professor of criminology at the University of Hamburg[2] and is affiliated with the Brandenburg Center for Media Studies.[3]

His book Rechte Gefühle: Affekte und Strategien des digitalen Faschismus on identity and affect politics of right-wing extremism explores what he coins "digital fascism" of far-right echo chambers on the Internet, including communities based around social media, blogs and memes. He received the Hans Bausch Prize for the book.[4][5] Strick describes this new fascism as a movement of culture warriors. According to Strick, racism is a core component of this new fascism.[6][7]

Selected works

  • American Dolorologies: Pain, Sentimentalism, Biopolitics, State University of New York Press, Albany 2014, ISBN 978-1-4384-5021-6.
  • Rechte Gefühle: Affekte und Strategien des digitalen Faschismus, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2021, ISBN 978-3-8376-5495-0.

References

  1. Amerikastudien/American Studies, Vol. 63.1/2018, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien
  2. Strick, Simon (2022-12-02). "Warum die transfeindliche Debatte einfach nicht verstummt". Der Spiegel.
  3. "Dr. Simon Strick". ZEM. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. "Simon Strick erhält Hans-Bausch-Mediapreis". John-F.-Kennedy-Institut. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  5. "Kulturwissenschaftler über digitalen Rechtsruck: 'Faschismus kommt als Schwarmbewegung von unten wieder'". Der Spiegel. 8 August 2021.
  6. Ingo Arend (2 August 2021). "Simon Strick: "Rechte Gefühle". Wie der "digitale Faschismus" Emotionen manipuliert". Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
  7. Arme weiße Männer: Wie man die Mehrheitsgesellschaft als unterdrückte Minderheit inszeniert: der Medienwissenschaftler Simon Strick über den Erfolg rechter Gefühlsformeln, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 26 September 2021, p. 38.
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