Dr Aurélien Mondon
BA, MPhil, PhD
Profile
Dr Mondon joined the Department in September 2012. He comes from an interdisciplinary background focusing on discourse analysis, politics and history, as well as French and Australian studies.
His current research projects are on the mainstreaming of the extreme right in the European context, and the drawing of a comprehensive history of the Australian extreme right, its failures and role in the shaping of the country. He has also written extensively for local and international magazines and for the Australian press.
Research Interests
Working primarily in the recent mainstreaming of the extreme right, and the impact of neo-racist and right-wing populist discourse on liberal democracies, Dr Mondon's research interests include:
- French and Australian modern and contemporary history and politics
- The extreme and radical rights and their influence on mainstream politics (historical and contemporary)
- The concepts of race, racism and nationalism (historical and contemporary)
- Populism and the people as a ‘threat’ to democracy
- The relationship between voting and democracy
Teaching
Undergraduate
- PL10871: 1789-1914: Revolutions!
- PL20776: France since 1981
- PL30873: French Thinkers in the 20th and 21st centuries: an introduction
- PL30594: France in the global economy
Publications
Book/s
Mondon, A., 2014. Forthcoming. Immunisation or contamination? the extreme right in Australia. London, UK: Routledge. (Extremism and Democracy)
Mondon, A., 2013. The mainstreaming of the extreme right in France and Australia. Farnham: Ashgate.
Westendorf, J.-K., Mondon, A. and Hoffstaedter, G., 2012. How to start a free university. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Free University.
Book Sections
Mondon, A., 2012. French unions protect workers from government. In: Workers' rights. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Greenhaven Press, pp. 106-110. (Global Viewpoints)
Articles
Mondon, A. and Startin, N., 2013. Far-right earthquake could be bigger than 2002 for France. The Conversation, 2 July 2013.
Mondon, A., 2013. Nicolas Sarkozy's legitimization of the Front National: background and perspectives. Patterns of Prejudice, 47 (1), pp. 22-40.
Mondon, A., 2012. An Australian immunisation to the extreme right? Social Identities, 18 (3), pp. 355-372.
Mondon, A., 2012. The french election : the advanced symptoms of a sick democracy. Arena Magazine
Mondon, A., 2012. The year of the Front. Z Magazine
Mondon, A., 2011. Violent ideals or populist strategies? Re-Public
Mondon, A., 2011. A lesson in populist rhetoric. Arena Magazine, 113, pp. 13-14.
Mondon, A., 2010. On the fluctuating value of lives. Arena Magazine, 103, pp. 12-13.
Mondon, A., 2010. A free university for Melbourne. Arena Magazine, 106, p. 16.
Mondon, A., 2010. The 'Devil' in Haiti. Arena Magazine, 104, pp. 5-6.
Badiou, A., Ling, A. and Mondon, A., 2009. Cinema as a democratic emblem. Parrhesia, 6, pp. 1-6.
Other
Mondon, A., 2013. French reactionary hypocrisy: the hijab, gay marriage and secularism. openDemocracy.
