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Anders Brevik: On Copying the Obscure

Chapter of: continent. Year 1: A Selection of Issues 1.1–1.4(pp. 80–97)

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TitleAnders Brevik
SubtitleOn Copying the Obscure
ContributorVincent W.J. van Gerven Oei(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0016.1.08
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/continent-year-1/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CopyrightW.J. van Gerven Oei, Vincent
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2012-12-12
Long abstractIn the aftermath of the lethal shooting of politically organizing left-wing stu-dents and the bombing of Oslo’s political center by the Norwegian Anders Breivik, there has been much discussion about the rationale behind his ac-tions in a general sense, and, more specifically, the implications and explica-tions of right-wing, nationalist, racist language which is considerably com-mon in several European nations. In many forum threads and blog posts, analyses are given of Breivik’s actions in relation to the current political cli-mate in these environs, which, truth be told, is of an extremely poisonous na-ture. Ample reflection is given on the 1500+ page manifesto distributed by Breivik, entitled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence; De Laude Novae Militiae Pauperes Commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici, which appears to have been finished the day before he committed his crimes. This essay aims not so much for a clarification of the content of this manifesto, but attempts to provide a cartography of its rhetorical procedures, hoping to deconstruct some of the discourse that Breivik has managed to create around himself, both before and after his act. It first of all is an attempt to read Breivik as copycat, borrowing left and right, against unstable credit limits and with uncertain debt ceilings, assembling his ideological trust fund from sources as divergent as the Columbine Massacre, American conserva-tive politics, eugenics, post-Luddite ideology, and freemasonry.
Page rangepp. 80–97
Print length18 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)