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Bruin, Nina (2022)

Analysing anti-feminist trends in extreme-right manifestos: comparing Anders Breivik and Elliot Rodger

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)

Within far-right extremism, a recent trend has taken place where perpetrators publish a manifesto shortly before their attack in order to both justify their actions and inspire others. This thesis analyses the manifestos written by Anders Breivik and Elliot Rodger, searching for anti-feminist trends, and compare the presence of these trends among the two manifestos. To achieve this, content analysis is performed on both manifestos. This analysis uncovers that Breivik and Rodger, though both belonging to different subgroups within far-right extremism, share similarities on multiple fronts: the wish to create an ideal world, the blaming of women and/or feminism for their problems, the aim to severely reverse women’s rights, and racist views.

right-wing extremism

Anders Breivik

Elliot Rodger

incel

anti-feminism

misogyny

Author

Bruin, Nina

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Leede, S.A.M. de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en