Antifascism - The Course of a Crusade

"This book deals with the continuing appeal of antifascism as a political concept and as a tool for fighting a real or imagined fascist enemy. Antifascism has undergone significant changes in how it has understood and combatted a perceived fascist danger from the 1920s down to the present"--

Sommario

Introduction

1. Antifa and the Mainstreaming of Antifascism

2. Origins of Antifascism

3. Post-World War II Antifascism

4. Defining and Redefining Fascism

5. Populism versus Antifascism

6. The Uses and Abuses of "Conservative" Antifascism

7. The Antifascist State

Excursus: Antifascism and the Nature of Hobbesian Authority

Afterthoughts

Info autore

Paul Gottfried is Editor in Chief of Chronicles and former Horace Raffensperger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College. He is the editor or author of fourteen books, including, The Vanishing Tradition and Fascism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Gottfried
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781501759352
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5935-2
• Pagine: 277
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia