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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100525511857

ISBN-139780525511854

eBay Product ID (ePID)16050071253

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Book TitleHow Fascism Works : the Politics of Us and Them

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicModern / 20th Century, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, Political

GenrePhilosophy, Political Science, Social Science, History

AuthorJason Stanley

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.7 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-302818

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal321.94

SynopsisAs a scholar of philosophy and propaganda and the child of refugees of WWII Europe, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding that democratic societies, including the United States, can be vulnerable to fascism. In How Fascism Works, he focuses on fascist politics-the language and beliefs that separate people into an "us" and a "them." 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 what he identifies as the ten pillars of fascist politics. 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. Book jacket., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history. "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 "No single book is as relevant to the present moment."--Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen 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 long before Donald Trump. 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 - 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. "One of the defining books of the decade."--Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, 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-now with a new preface. 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.

LC Classification NumberMLCS 2022/45242 (JC)