To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and Humanism

Thomas Mann and Albert Camus understood something many political scientists still find difficult to fathom. Deprived of any coherent theory, fascism is characterised by its politics of resentment, stirring up of anger and fear, xenophobia, need for scapegoats, and by its hatred of the life of the mind. Combining a knowledge of history and philosophy, Rob Riemen eloquently explores the global return of fascism, disguised in the false promises of freedom and greatness. Riemens own response to the spiritual crisis of our age is a moving story about the universal meaning of European humanism, with its values of truth, justice, beauty and love for life as the origin of a democratic civilisation. To Fight Against This Age belongs to that category of books that are as timely as they are timeless: to be read by those who want to understand and change the world in which they live.

About the author

Rob Riemen is the author of Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal (2008), which has been translated into eighteen languages. A writer and cultural philosopher, he is the founder of the Nexus Institute, an international center devoted to intellectual reflection and to inspiring Western cultural and philosophical debate. He lives in the Netherlands.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Riemen, Riemen Rob
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2018
• EAN: 9780393635867
• ISBN: 978-0-393-63586-7
• No. of pages: 171
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 192 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship