Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements - From Void to Hope

This book is based on the premise that understanding fascism is crucial for defeating it. Rejecting centrist paradigms that see fascism as "extremism" or "accelerationism," Braune argues that fascism must be addressed in its specificity and uniqueness as an ideology and movement.

List of contents

Introduction 1.Void and Idol 2. Destruction and Rebirth 3. Steve Bannon’s Kali-Yuga 4. Limitations of the “Countering Extremism” Model Conclusion: From Void to Hope

About the author

Joan Braune is Lecturer in Philosophy at Gonzaga University, USA. She is author and co-editor of various titles, including two books on Erich Fromm’s critical theory and The Ethics of Researching the Far Right (forthcoming, 2024).

Summary

This book is based on the premise that understanding fascism is crucial for defeating it. Rejecting centrist paradigms that see fascism as “extremism” or “accelerationism,” Braune argues that fascism must be addressed in its specificity and uniqueness as an ideology and movement.

Product details

• Authors: Joan Braune, Joan (Gonzaga University Braune
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9780367468699
• ISBN: 978-0-367-46869-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Far-right political ideologies and movements, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity