The lure of violence
This book examines how the British Right responded to the national crisis of confidence that defined the Edwardian years (1901-1914). It analyses the mobilization of nationalist organisations, citizen policing groups, and paramilitary formations that claimed the right to protect Britain from perceiv...
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| description | This book examines how the British Right responded to the national crisis of confidence that defined the Edwardian years (1901-1914). It analyses the mobilization of nationalist organisations, citizen policing groups, and paramilitary formations that claimed the right to protect Britain from perceived internal and external threats. While historians have examined this surge of right-wing extremism within and outside the Tory Party, they often overlooked how this 'rebellion on the right' gave rise to a ‘culture of violence’. Drawing on extensive documentary sources, the book explores the belief systems and practices of right-wing actors pursuing military preparedness, ‘racial regeneration’ and imperial unity. Though their primary aims varied, these groups were united by a compulsive preoccupation with the perceived decline of the national community, and by a form of radical nationalism that imposed upon citizens the duty to take direct action for their nation. The study underscores their preparedness to resort to violent measures for the suppression of political, social, or cultural deviance. Furthermore, by elevating war to the status of an 'index' of national health, the Right preached the martial virtues of self-sacrifice and worked to preserve the ‘primal instincts of violence’ among British male youth. The book contributes to historical scholarship by recovering a largely forgotten network of organisations bound by fears of national decadence. In doing so, it illuminates the powerful tensions and authoritarian impulses that characterized right-wing and conservative imaginaries in the volatile Edwardian period. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1721292026-02-18T05:30:24Z The lure of violence Saluppo, Alessandro Radical Right Violence Conservatism Militarism Nationalism Vigilantism Masculinity Racism War Proto-fascism Proto-fascism. Marksmanship Citizenship Conscription Weaponry Germanophobia Empire Germanophobia. Physical efficiency Xenophobia Antisemitism Combative Sports Modernity Strikebreaking Parapolice Corps Anti-Labour Movements Trade Unionism Great Unrest Socialism Social Disintegration: Middle Classes. Ulster Volunteer Force Paramilitarism Unionism Gun-Running Sedition British League for the Support of Ulster Civil War History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFK Violence and abuse in society thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism This book examines how the British Right responded to the national crisis of confidence that defined the Edwardian years (1901-1914). It analyses the mobilization of nationalist organisations, citizen policing groups, and paramilitary formations that claimed the right to protect Britain from perceived internal and external threats. While historians have examined this surge of right-wing extremism within and outside the Tory Party, they often overlooked how this 'rebellion on the right' gave rise to a ‘culture of violence’. Drawing on extensive documentary sources, the book explores the belief systems and practices of right-wing actors pursuing military preparedness, ‘racial regeneration’ and imperial unity. Though their primary aims varied, these groups were united by a compulsive preoccupation with the perceived decline of the national community, and by a form of radical nationalism that imposed upon citizens the duty to take direct action for their nation. The study underscores their preparedness to resort to violent measures for the suppression of political, social, or cultural deviance. Furthermore, by elevating war to the status of an 'index' of national health, the Right preached the martial virtues of self-sacrifice and worked to preserve the ‘primal instincts of violence’ among British male youth. The book contributes to historical scholarship by recovering a largely forgotten network of organisations bound by fears of national decadence. In doing so, it illuminates the powerful tensions and authoritarian impulses that characterized right-wing and conservative imaginaries in the volatile Edwardian period. 2026-02-18T05:30:23Z 2026-02-18T05:30:23Z 2026-02-17T12:36:04Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109987 9781526164896 9781526164872 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172129 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109987/1/9781526164896.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526164896 10.7765/9781526164896 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 9781526164896 9781526164872 331 Manchester open access |
| spellingShingle | Radical Right Violence Conservatism Militarism Nationalism Vigilantism Masculinity Racism War Proto-fascism Proto-fascism. Marksmanship Citizenship Conscription Weaponry Germanophobia Empire Germanophobia. Physical efficiency Xenophobia Antisemitism Combative Sports Modernity Strikebreaking Parapolice Corps Anti-Labour Movements Trade Unionism Great Unrest Socialism Social Disintegration: Middle Classes. Ulster Volunteer Force Paramilitarism Unionism Gun-Running Sedition British League for the Support of Ulster Civil War History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFK Violence and abuse in society thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism Saluppo, Alessandro The lure of violence |
| title | The lure of violence |
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| topic | Radical Right Violence Conservatism Militarism Nationalism Vigilantism Masculinity Racism War Proto-fascism Proto-fascism. Marksmanship Citizenship Conscription Weaponry Germanophobia Empire Germanophobia. Physical efficiency Xenophobia Antisemitism Combative Sports Modernity Strikebreaking Parapolice Corps Anti-Labour Movements Trade Unionism Great Unrest Socialism Social Disintegration: Middle Classes. Ulster Volunteer Force Paramilitarism Unionism Gun-Running Sedition British League for the Support of Ulster Civil War History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFK Violence and abuse in society thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism |
| topic_facet | Radical Right Violence Conservatism Militarism Nationalism Vigilantism Masculinity Racism War Proto-fascism Proto-fascism. Marksmanship Citizenship Conscription Weaponry Germanophobia Empire Germanophobia. Physical efficiency Xenophobia Antisemitism Combative Sports Modernity Strikebreaking Parapolice Corps Anti-Labour Movements Trade Unionism Great Unrest Socialism Social Disintegration: Middle Classes. Ulster Volunteer Force Paramilitarism Unionism Gun-Running Sedition British League for the Support of Ulster Civil War History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFK Violence and abuse in society thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism |
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