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Matthew Feldman (born 1977) is an Anglo-American historian and political scientist.
''World Who's Who''. Routledge.
As Emeritus Professor in the Modern History of Ideas at
Teesside University , mottoeng = Deeds Not Words , established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status , type = Public , endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20) , chancellor ...
, and Professorial Fellow at the
University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...
, Feldman specializes in
fascism Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...
and the
far right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
in Europe and the United States. He consults on neo-Nazi terrorism, hate crimes and radical right extremism for Academic Consulting Services. Feldman is the author of several books on political extremism, and on
Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...
, including ''Politics, Intellectuals and Faith'' (2020); ''Falsifying Beckett'' (2015); ''Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935–1945'' (2013); and ''Beckett's Books'' (2006).


Education

Born in California, Feldman was awarded a BA in modern history and English in 1999, an MA in the history of fascism in 2000, and a PhD in 2004 for a thesis entitled "Sourcing 'Aporetics': An Empirical Study on Philosophical Influences in the Development of Samuel Beckett's Writings". All his degrees were completed at
Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...
."Curriculum Vitae – Professor Matthew Feldman"
Teesside University.


Career

After teaching history part-time at Oxford Brookes and the
University of Northampton , mottoeng = Let us not be ignorant , established = 2005 (gained University status) 1975 (Nene College established) , type = Public , endowment = £0.95 m (2015) , chancellor = Richard Coles , vice_chancellor = ...
, Feldman was appointed in 2008 as senior lecturer in 20th-century history at Northampton. In 2010 he became Reader in Contemporary History at Teesside and in June 2014 Professor in the Modern History of Ideas. As of 2017 he was co-director of Teesside's Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies (CFAPS).


Selected works

*(2020) with Steven Matthews (eds.). ''Samuel Beckett's 'Philosophy Notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. *(2020). ''Politics, Intellectuals and Faith: Essays by Martin Feldman''. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press. *(2017) with Jorge Dagnino and Paul Stocker (eds.). ''The 'New Man' in Radical Right Ideology and Practice, 1919–1945''. London: Bloomsbury. *(2015). ''Falsifying Beckett: Essays on Archives, Philosophy, and Methodology in Beckett Studies''. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press. *(2014) with Paul Jackson (eds.). ''Doublespeak: The Rhetoric of the Far-Right since 1945''. Stuttgart: Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press. *(2013). ''Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935–1945''. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Marsh, Alec (September 2014)
"Matthew Feldman: ''Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935-1945''"
''Make It New: The Ezra Pound Society Magazine'', Volume 1.
*(2008) with Marius Turda and Tudor Georgescu (eds.). ''Clerical Fascism in Interwar Europe''. London: Routledge. *(2006). ''Beckett's Books: A Cultural History of the Interwar Notes''. London: Bloomsbury/Continuum. *(2004) with Roger Griffin (eds.). ''Fascism: Critical Concepts in Political Science''. Vol 1–5. London: Routledge.


References


Further reading

*Feldman, Mattew and Alchorn, William (14 May 2019)
"Why we’re analysing radical-right narratives"
openDemocracy.
"The Evolution of the Radical Right: An Interview with Matthew Feldman"
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