Life Trajectories Into and Out of Contemporary Neo-Nazism

Christer Mattsson is the Director of the Segerstedt Institute at the University of Gothenburg that serves as a national research and resource center on violent extremism. His recent publications include “Becoming, belonging and leaving – Exit processes among young neo-Nazis in Sweden” and “Leaving hate behind – neo-Nazis, significant others and disengagement” (both Journal for Deradicalization, 2018).Thomas Johansson is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg. His main research areas are youth studies, family studies, gender studies, social psychology and cultural studies. His recent publications include Youth Studies in Transition. Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes (Springer, 2019); Marginalized Masculinities. Contexts, Continuities and Change (Routledge, 2017); and Fatherhood in Transition. Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life (Palgrave, 2017).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Nordic and Global National Socialist Movement; 3. Lost in translation – A case study on a National Socialist rally; 4. The Fear of a Mass Invasion; 5. Becoming a National Socialist; 6. Disengaging and De-radicalizing from the National Socialist Movement; 7. Leaving Hate Behind: National Socialists, Significant Others and Disengagement; 8. Conclusions and Discussion; 9. Method and Methodology.