Xavier Casals Meseguer (born 1963) is a Spanish historian specialized in the field of 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 ...
.
Biography
Born in 1963 in
Barcelona, he has authored several works about the Far right, featuring studies both about the Spanish
Neo-nazi
Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...
and far right scene,
as about an international comparative context. He has co-authored a biography of
Miguel Primo de Rivera. He also has studied the phenomenon of
populism
Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against " the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. The term developed ...
.
Work
* ''Neonazis en España: de las audiciones wagnerianas a los skinheads (1966-1995)'' (1995).
* ''La tentación neofascista en España'' (Plaza & Janés, 1998).
* ''Ultrapatriotas: extrema derecha y nacionalismo de la guerra fría a la era de la globalización'' (Crítica, 2003).
* ''Miguel Primo de Rivera'' (Ediciones de Barcelona, 2006), co-authored along
Ramón Tamames.
* ''Ultracatalunya. L'extrema dreta a Catalunya: de l'emergència del búnker al rebuig de les mesquites (1966-2006)'' (L'esfera dels llibres, 2006).
* ''El pueblo contra el Parlamento. El nuevo populismo en España. 2009-2013'' (Pasado & Presente, 2013), prologue by
Enric Ucelay-Da Cal
Enric Ucelay-Da Cal (born 1948 in New York City, United States) is a historian specializing in contemporary history, who has done extensive work on Catalan history. He is at present (2014) Senior Professor Emeritus at the Pompeu Fabra University ( ...
.
* ''La Transición española. El voto ignorado de las armas'' (Pasado & Presente, 2016)
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20th-century Spanish historians
1963 births
Living people
Academics and writers on far-right extremism
Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy
21st-century Spanish historians
Writers from Barcelona