The politics of replacement: demographic fears, conspiracy theories, and race wars

"The Politics of Replacement explores current demographic conspiracy theories and their entanglement with different forms of racism and exclusionary politics such as sexism. The book focuses on population replacement conspiracy theories, i.e. those imaginaries and discourses centered on the idea that the national population is under threat of being overtaken or even wiped out by those considered as "alien" to the nation, and that this is the result of concerted efforts by "elites". Replacement conspiracy theories are on the rise again: from Eurabia fantasies to Renaud Camus' The Great Replacement, white supremacist discourses are thriving and increasingly broadcasting in mainstream venues. To account for their rise and spread, this edited volume brings together research on various dimensions and case-studies of population replacement conspiracy theories: based on different theoretical and methodological approaches, from different social scientific and humanities (inter)disciplinary backgrounds, working with different geographical case-studies (across Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania), focusing on different time-periods (medieval archives, colonial archives, Nazi archives, post-colonial migrations, post-9/11), engaging with different forms of racialization and racisms (Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism against migrants and refugees), as well as with the entanglement of population replacement discourse with gendered violence. The book is organized into four sections: Genealogies of Replacement which explores some of the archives and the historical background of the current rise of demographic conspiracy theories; Technologies of Replacement which traces the (neoliberal) governmentalities in and through which replacement discourse operates; Islamophobia and Replacement which is dedicated to the particularly intense focus on the threat of Muslims in contemporary replacement conspiracy theories, and the Gendered Violence of Replacement Violence which explores the connection between replacement conspiracies, gender, and violence. This title is essential reading for scholars, journalists, and activists interested in the contemporary far right, conspiracy theories, and racisms"--

Malthusian fears in current migration debates : contemporary manifestations of Malthusianization / Soumaya Majdoub -- Das Boot ist voll, the boat is full : genealogy and policy consequences of an ecological-nativist paradigm / Esther Romeyn -- Birth rates and the cleansing of impure blood : shaping the "Muslim question" in the Balkans / Dino Suhonic -- "Reverse colonization" : early narratives of decline in the French New Right / Lou Mousset -- European histories, Australian anxieties : the Christchurch killer in context / Jack Wilson and Louie Dean Valencia -- Ecofascism and the politics of replacement in the discourse of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) / Sindre Bangstad and Maria Darwish -- Colonial census and saffron demography : the shaping of numerical communities and contestations in India / Sayan Das -- The majority oppressed? : on the legitimacy of majority rights / Tamar de Waal and Jan Willem Duyvendak -- The affordances of replacement narratives : how the White genocide and great replacement theories converge in poorly moderated online milieus / Emillie de Keulenaar and Marc Tuters -- Mainstreaming the great replacement : the role of centrist discourses in the mainstreaming of a far-right conspiracy theory / Nik Linders -- From clashing civilizations to the replacement of populations : the transformation of Dutch anti-immigration discourse / Merijn Oudenampsen -- The body never 'falls out' of Islamophobia / Sahar Ghumkor -- The gastro-politics of replacement : how imaginations of a Muslim takeover become 'real' through food / Margaretha A. van Es -- Striving for transparency : mosques as sites for public interrogation in contemporary Germany / Iskandar Ahmad Abdalla -- The great supersession : racialization and replacement in US evangelical Islamophobia / S. Jonathon O'Donnell -- Fascism and the violent replacement of the people / Mattias Gardell -- "A victory for White life" : reproduction, replacement, and a Handmaid's tale / Sarah Bracke -- The king of tars : a medieval rendition of replacement theories / Anya Topolski.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- The Politics of Replacement: From "Race Suicide" to the "Great Replacement" -- Part I Genealogies of Replacement -- 1 Malthusian Fears in Current Migration Debates: Contemporary Manifestations of Malthusianization -- 2 Das Boot ist voll, The Boat Is Full: Genealogy and Policy Consequences of an Ecological-Nativist Paradigm -- 3 Birth Rates and the Cleansing of Impure Blood: Shaping the "Muslim Question" in the Balkans -- 4 "Reverse Colonization": Early Narratives of Decline in the French New Right -- 5 European Histories, Australian Anxieties: The Christchurch Killer in Context -- 6 Ecofascism and the Politics of Replacement in the Discourse of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) -- Part II Technologies of Replacement -- 7 Colonial Census and Saffron Demography: The Shaping of Numerical Communities and Contestations in India -- 8 The Majority Oppressed? On the Legitimacy of Majority Rights -- 9 The Affordances of Replacement Narratives: How the White Genocide and Great Replacement Theories Converge in Poorly Moderated Online Milieus -- 10 Mainstreaming the Great Replacement: The Role of Centrist Discourses in the Mainstreaming of a Far-Right Conspiracy Theory -- 11 From Clashing Civilizations to the Replacement of Populations: The Transformation of Dutch Anti-Immigration Discourse -- Part III Islamophobia and Replacement -- 12 The Body Never "Falls Out" of Islamophobia -- 13 The Gastro-Politics of Replacement: How Imaginations of a Muslim Takeover Become "Real" Through Food -- 14 Striving for Transparency: Mosques as Sites of Public Interrogation in Contemporary Germany -- 15 The Great Supersession: Racialization and Replacement in American Evangelical Islamophobia -- Part IV The Gendered Violence of Replacement.