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Fascism.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects.
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Stanley, Jason.
Fascism.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects.
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How fascism works : the politics of us and them / Jason Stanley.
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Stanley, Jason.
Random House, 2018.
Call #:
321
.94
S788h
Subjects
Fascism.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects.
ISBN:
9780525511830 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xix, 218 p. : ill.; 20cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The mythic past -- Propaganda -- Anti-intellectual -- Unreality -- Hierarchy -- Victimhood -- Law and order -- Sexual anxiety -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Arbeit Macht Frei.
Summary:
As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don?t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism?s roots have been present in the United States for more than a century. Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics?the language and beliefs that separate people into an ?us? and a ?them.? He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include exploiting a mythic version of a nation?s past; propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves; anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts; law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals; and fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare. These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership. By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics?charged by rhetoric and myth?can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals.
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