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Krakovská, Barbara (2022)

White Genocide in Far-right Manifestos: Diagnostic, prognostic and motivational frames used in the manifestos of Tarrant, Earnest and Crusius to justify violence against targeted outgroups

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)

Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year old young male, has killed 51 victims and wounded many more during two shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019. His manifesto The Great Replacement, published online prior to the attack, has voiced his concerns about the white race being ethnically, racially and culturally displaced in what he identifies as a process of “white genocide”. Inspired by far-right ideologies and certainly not a new concept, his manifesto still managed to create resonance as more attackers in the coming months have referenced him as an inspiration in their own manifestos, namely John Earnest and Patrick Crusius. In this thesis, the focus will lie on diagnostic, prognostic and motivational analyses of framing, used by these three perpetrators in their manifestos. This thesis reveals the flexibility with which far-right terrorists used the “white genocide” conspiracy theory to target a hated outgroup of their choice, to justify the use of violence due to the urgency of the ...Show moreBrenton Tarrant, a 28-year old young male, has killed 51 victims and wounded many more during two shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019. His manifesto The Great Replacement, published online prior to the attack, has voiced his concerns about the white race being ethnically, racially and culturally displaced in what he identifies as a process of “white genocide”. Inspired by far-right ideologies and certainly not a new concept, his manifesto still managed to create resonance as more attackers in the coming months have referenced him as an inspiration in their own manifestos, namely John Earnest and Patrick Crusius. In this thesis, the focus will lie on diagnostic, prognostic and motivational analyses of framing, used by these three perpetrators in their manifestos. This thesis reveals the flexibility with which far-right terrorists used the “white genocide” conspiracy theory to target a hated outgroup of their choice, to justify the use of violence due to the urgency of the “genocidal” processes and the right for “self-defense”, as well as their inventional use of motivational framing to create resonance and effectively call other young radicalized individuals into violent action.Show less

far-right extremism, far-right manifestos, far-right terrorism

Author

Krakovská, Barbara

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Leede, S.A.M. de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en