No. 72 (2026): Violencias urbanísticas e inmobiliarias
Anthropological Research

The cultural policy of the radical right in the Trump era

Eduardo Nivón Bolán
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, unidad Iztapalapa. Departamento de Antropología.

Published 2026-07-28 — Updated on 2026-07-30

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Keywords

  • cultural politics,
  • radical right,
  • identity politics,
  • democracy,
  • fascism

How to Cite

Nivón Bolán, E. (2026). The cultural policy of the radical right in the Trump era. Alteridades, 36(72), 101–112. https://doi.org/10.24275/WEQX3932 (Original work published July 28, 2026)

Abstract

In this text I propose that, in the current conditions of capitalism, mainly that which develops in  the United States, changes are taking place in cultural policies.
The current conditions are  marked by the rise of a ruling
class that is characterized by a departure from the democratic values that were associated with the development of the post-World War II welfare state and the construction of multilateralism. The cultural  politics developed by the radical right, mainly in the United States, is distinguish by its  greater interventionism in
institutions and the attack on identity politics developed in  the last decades of the last century.

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