Xavier Casals facts for kids
Xavier Casals Meseguer, born in 1963, is a historian from Spain. He is known for studying different political groups, especially those on the far-right.
About Xavier Casals Meseguer
Xavier Casals Meseguer was born in 1963 in the city of Barcelona, Spain. He grew up to become a historian, which means he studies the past. His main area of interest is understanding political groups, especially those that are sometimes called "far-right." These groups often have very traditional or nationalistic ideas.
He has written many books about these topics. Some of his work looks at Spanish political groups, while other books compare these groups in different countries around the world. He also helped write a book about Miguel Primo de Rivera, who was a leader in Spanish history. Mr. Casals Meseguer has also studied populism, which is a type of politics where leaders claim to speak for the "common people" against a group of "elite" people.
Books by Xavier Casals Meseguer
Here are some of the books Xavier Casals Meseguer has written:
- Neonazis en España: de las audiciones wagnerianas a los skinheads (1966-1995) (1995)
- La tentación neofascista en España (1998)
- Ultrapatriotas: extrema derecha y nacionalismo de la guerra fría a la era de la globalización (2003)
- Miguel Primo de Rivera (2006), which he wrote with Ramón Tamames.
- Ultracatalunya. L'extrema dreta a Catalunya: de l'emergència del búnker al rebuig de les mesquites (1966-2006) (2006)
- El pueblo contra el Parlamento. El nuevo populismo en España. 2009-2013 (2013)
- La Transición española. El voto ignorado de las armas (2016)
See also
In Spanish: Xavier Casals i Meseguer para niños
