Position: Junior researcher jan.charvat@fsv.cuni.cz
Jan Charvát has long been devoted to the issue of political extremism and radicalism. Specifically, he deals with issues connected to the extreme right (neo-Nazism, neo-fascism, reactionary populism) and left (Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism, anarchism) and racism and anti-Semitism, especially in its contemporary forms. At the same time, he also focuses on the study of subcultures (skinheads, punk, etc.), especially in their political dimensions and issues of their radicalization. In this regard, he deals mainly with the content analysis of White Power Music and the formation of (political) identity of members of subcultures. In recent years, he has also been working with the issue of populism, misinformation and their influence on the radicalization and polarization of society.