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Agonistic Belonging: The Banality of Good, the “Alt Right” and the Need for Sympathy

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Published/Copyright: May 13, 2019

Received: 2018-12-25
Accepted: 2018-01-15
Published Online: 2019-05-13
Published in Print: 2019-01-01

© 2019 Paul Gilroy, published by De Gruyter Open

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