The Future History of the Right: Technology, Politics, and the Battle for Tomorrow
What does the contemporary right want the future to look like? That question—urgent in an era of accelerating technological change—is the animating force behind this book. Zúquete shows how the right has split into four competing visions for what should come next.
By José Pedro Zúquete
What does the contemporary political right want the future to look like?
Format: Paperback/e-book
Language: English
Length: 400 pages
Price: $32.95 | $19.99 MSRP
ISBN: 979-8988924241 (pbk) | 979-8988924258 (eBook)
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Forthcoming early 2027
Praise for The Future History of the Right
“A fascinating and eye-opening account.”
Lawrence Quill, San José State University, author of Nostalgia and Political Theory (2023)
About the Book
The political right is often characterized by its attachment to the past. But what happens when its thinkers and movements turn their attention to the future?
In The Future History of the Right, José Pedro Zúquete maps the diverse, dynamic, and often surprising ways in which the global right-wing political ecosystem is imagining the world to come.
At the heart of the book are four currents: Futurists, Secessionists, Preservationists, and Ecologists. Each offers a different vision of tomorrow, but their boundaries are far from fixed. Ideas, individuals, and movements circulate between them, creating unexpected alliances, contradictions, and new political possibilities.
Cutting across these competing visions is a fundamental question: Is technology the key to civilization’s salvation, or a force that threatens its survival? From technological innovation to ecological preservation, Zúquete examines how these debates are reshaping political thought and challenging conventional distinctions between progress and reaction.
Drawing on political ethnography and intellectual history, the book follows ideas as they circulate through books, manifestos, interviews, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels, Substack newsletters, and social media. Its multilingual research spans English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Estonian, offering a panoramic portrait of a political ecosystem whose influence extends far beyond national borders.
The Future History of the Right is essential reading for scholars, journalists, political observers, and anyone seeking to understand how the right is thinking about—and fighting over—the future.
About the Author
José Pedro Zúquete is a political scientist and research fellow at the University of Lisbon. His research examines political ideologies, nationalism, identity, and contemporary right-wing movements.
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