![]() Resumen: A partir de una reflexión sobre el texto de Umberto Eco Il fascismo eterno (1995), este ensayo propone un análisis de las formas del fascismo contemporáneo como un fenómeno radicalmente histórico. Within this context, the article aims to examine and compare the intersection of historical trends and the relevance of individual biographies to understand the role of these young Catholics in the public space in both countries. Still, they can also navigate secular politics and strategically use different regimes of justification and action. These highly religious and conservative young Catholics consider themselves part of a cultural/cognitive minority and feel entitled to become what Howard Becker termed “moral entrepreneurs.” Most have been educated in Catholic schools and belong to Catholic movements. ![]() They are fostering new mobilisation repertoires in the public sphere (e.g., digital activism and public performances) and promoting new political narratives merging moral, cultural, and religious elements. A new generation of young Catholic leaders becoming key political agents has emerged in this scenario. Conservative Catholic groups and networks are increasingly playing a crucial role in raising and framing highly morally charged themes in the public arena, especially on intimacy‐related policies, including sexual and reproductive freedoms. ![]() Public debates and controversies on moral issues have gained visibility in recent decades in both Spain and Mexico. It then examines Vox’s relentless antigender discourse, focusing on two prominent issues: first, the far-right opposition to gender violence policy through a variety of strategies, such as denying the gendered nature of violence against women and reversing the roles of victim and perpetrator, and second, the party’s representation of feminism, ranging from its straightforward delegitimization of feminism as an enemy of the Spanish nation to a parasitic-opportunistic appropriation through the defense of a “Spanish feminism.” The case study concludes that the Spanish far Right is gender dependent and that antagonism toward feminism is one of its key features. The analysis is twofold: it begins by exploring the framing of Vox’s electoral campaigns, including the national myth of the Reconquista of a Catholic Spain from Muslim rule and the militaristic representation of masculinity within this holy-war frame. The article examines the ways Vox mobilized gender during the national electoral campaign of April 2019 and during their first steps in the Andalusian Parliament. This article’s aim is to analyze the crucial role of gender in the rise of the nationalist far Right in Spain, arguing that gender is not a secondary issue but a primary field in which this political process is being articulated. ![]() With the rapid ascendency of the nationalist far-right party Vox, Spain joins other European countries where the far Right is on the rise. On the other hand, the far Right has entered representative politics, announcing a battle against feminism. On the one hand, the March 8 movement has held two feminist strikes, attended by multitudes. Feminism in Spain is experiencing a paradox.
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