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The horseshoe theory in political science asserts that rather than the far left and the far right being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, they in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe. The theory is attributed to French writer Jean-Pierre Faye. In University of Reading academic Peter Barker's〔University of Reading: (Peter Barker )〕 book, ''GDR and Its History'', Peter Thompson〔University of Sheffield: (Peter Thompson )〕 of the University of Sheffield observes that the theory is "increasingly orthodox," and describes the theory as seeing "left and right-wing parties being closer to each other than the centre." ==Origin of the term== The earliest use of the term in political theory appears to be from Jean-Pierre Faye's 2002 book ''Le Siècle des idéologies''. Others have attributed the theory as having come from Lipset, Bell and the ‘pluralist school’. ==Modern uses== In 2006 the term was used when comparing a resurgent hostility towards Jews from both the far left and the far right. In an essay Josef Joffe, of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, one of the largest strategy consultancies in the world, wrote 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horseshoe theory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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