The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate by Dozier, Curtis

The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300272734)

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The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate by Dozier, Curtis

The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate

$32.50
The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate by Dozier, Curtis

The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate

$32.50
Format: Hardcover
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How white nationalist thought leaders use ancient Greece and Rome to claim historical precedent for their violent and oppressive politics

It is difficult to ignore the resurgence of white nationalist movements in the United States, many of which feature symbols and slogans from Greco-Roman antiquity. A long-established neo-Nazi website incorporates an image of the Parthenon into its logo, and rioters wore Spartan helmets in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. These juxtapositions may appear incongruous to people who associate the ancient world with enlightened political ideals and sophisticated philosophical inquiry. But, as Curtis Dozier points out in this thought-provoking book, it's hard to imagine a historical period better suited to rhetorical use by white nationalists. Indeed, some of the most widely admired voices from ancient literature and philosophy endorsed ideas that modern white supremacists share, and the social and political realities of the ancient world provide models for political systems that white supremacists would like to establish today.

Part introduction to contemporary white nationalist thought, part exploration of ancient racism and xenophobia, and part intellectual history of the political entanglements of past academic study, this book reveals that contemporary white nationalist intellectuals know much more about history than many people assume--and they deploy this knowledge with disturbing success.

Author: Curtis Dozier
ISBN-10: 0300272731
ISBN-13: 9780300272734
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2026
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
By Curtis Dozier
By Curtis Dozier
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Curtis Dozier is associate professor of Greek and Roman studies at Vassar College. He is the director of the internationally recognized website Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics, which documents appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups. He lives in Poughkeepsie, NY.

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