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| Author | Jason Stanley |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | September 4, 2018 |
| Print length | 258 pages |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6⭐ / 3,312 ratings |
| Great on Kindle | ✅ |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "No single book is as relevant to the present moment."—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen
"With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism."—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer
A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history.
As a scholar of philosophy and propaganda and the child of refugees of WWII Europe, Jason Stanley has long understood that democratic societies, including the United States, can be vulnerable to fascism. In
How Fascism Works, he identifies ten pillars of fascist politics—an appeal to the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, favoring "the heartland," and a dismantling of public goods and unions—that amount to an urgent diagnosis of the tactics right-wing politicians use to break down democracies and a critical lens on the current moment.
Stanley 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, making clear the immense dangers of language and beliefs that separate people into an "us" and a "them." By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics—rhetoric and myth—can become policy and reality all too quickly. Only by recognizing them, he argues, can we begin to resist their most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals.
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Adorning yourself, your house, your car with American flags in the same country lived in, isn't pride - it's insecurity.
The western definition for fascism should be "anything I disagree with."
The western definition for fascism should be "anything I disagree with."
Actually, that's just Nationalism. And Nationalism always, eventually, leads to Fascism.
Nationalism is a "Team-Bigotry/Tribalism" mindset. It's one of the tools used to control and manipulate others.
It's often defended with ad hominem.
Fascism comes in many forms. But it never happens overnight. It always relies on those who are most easily manipulated by their blind faith. Here in the US, people considering themselves Patriots are almost always Nationalists. A patriot is ALWAYS cynical of political leaders. A patriot puts the nation over one person/party.
Now, if you're legitimately curious as to what the earlier requirements of Fascism is... well, you provided one almost immediately when you said claimed "Yale Philosopher". Discrediting educational institutions is one of the first steps towards Fascism.
But, I will say that the US is not a fascist nation. It's going to be. But as of right now, we are still in the stages of authoritarianism.
Perhaps reading a book published by a "Yale Philosopher" who is an expert in Fascism, might be a good start.
Nationalism is a "Team-Bigotry/Tribalism" mindset. It's one of the tools used to control and manipulate others.
It's often defended with ad hominem.
Fascism comes in many forms. But it never happens overnight. It always relies on those who are most easily manipulated by their blind faith. Here in the US, people considering themselves Patriots are almost always Nationalists. A patriot is ALWAYS cynical of political leaders. A patriot puts the nation over one person/party.
Now, if you're legitimately curious as to what the earlier requirements of Fascism is... well, you provided one almost immediately when you said claimed "Yale Philosopher". Discrediting educational institutions is one of the first steps towards Fascism.
But, I will say that the US is not a fascist nation. It's going to be. But as of right now, we are still in the stages of authoritarianism.
Perhaps reading a book published by a "Yale Philosopher" who is an expert in Fascism, might be a good start.
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Nationalism is a "Team-Bigotry/Tribalism" mindset. It's one of the tools used to control and manipulate others.
It's often defended with ad hominem.
Fascism comes in many forms. But it never happens overnight. It always relies on those who are most easily manipulated by their blind faith. Here in the US, people considering themselves Patriots are almost always Nationalists. A patriot is ALWAYS cynical of political leaders. A patriot puts the nation over one person/party.
Now, if you're legitimately curious as to what the earlier requirements of Fascism is... well, you provided one almost immediately when you said claimed "Yale Philosopher". Discrediting educational institutions is one of the first steps towards Fascism.
But, I will say that the US is not a fascist nation. It's going to be. But as of right now, we are still in the stages of authoritarianism.
Perhaps reading a book published by a "Yale Philosopher" who is an expert in Fascism, might be a good start.
Doubt it. Living with family that has left a fascist regime for a better life is a better way to learn about it. Either that or listen to the people like yourself. The privlaged few that think they know something about it. The absolute ignorance is beautiful. But continue.