PEGIDA AND WHAT NEXT IN EUROPE?. RITUALIZATION OF ANTI IMMIGRATION PROTESTS.

The aim of this paper is to consider critically phenomenal growth of Pegida movement from socio-cultural perspective during its first half year of existence (20.10 2014- 20-04 2015). This is in order to analyse it in the context of wider theoretical explanation of right wing populist movements growing in significance in Europe. Outcome of this paper should provide support for further discussion on growing in affluence range of right wing populist discontent movements in Europe in recent years.