Horseshoe theory
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horseshoe-theory-161-2235237
title:
Horseshoe theory
text:
In popular discourse, the horseshoe theory asserts that advocates of the far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear continuum of the political spectrum, closely resemble each other, analogous to the way that the opposite ends of a horseshoe are close together. The theory is attributed to the French philosopher and writer of fiction and poetry Jean-Pierre Faye in his 1972 book Théorie du récit: introduction aux langages totalitaires, in relation to Ott
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Alleged similarity of the far-left and far-right
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory
date created:
2008-09-14T04:52:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T15:02:34Z
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