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Elena Amaya

@elena-amaya.bsky.social

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UC Berkeley Sociology PhD Student - Holocaust Studies sociology.berkeley.edu/graduate-stu…

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Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies @ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Can bedtime stories help explain far-right voting patterns? Read about it in "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany," a new study co-authored by CRWS graduate student @elena-amaya.bsky.social. #voting #folklore #sociology

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Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany - Elena Amaya, Robert Braun, 2026

This article argues that folklore (orally transmitted group knowledge) shapes far-right voting by inculcating feeling rules that resonate with nativist and auto...

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Folktales featuring ethnic bogeys legitimize fear toward outsiders and increase the resonance of far-right mobilization journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Elena Amaya @elena-amaya.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Super happy to see that my paper with Dr. Robert Braun, "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany" got published online in the American Sociological Review! doi.org/10.1177/0003...

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Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany American Sociological Review, Ahead of Print. This article argues that folklore (orally transmitted group knowledge) shapes far-right voting by inculcating feeling rules that resonate with nativist and autocratic idea #sociology link

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