The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah ArendtA recognized classic and definitive account of its subject, The Origins of Totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an 'ideological weapon for imperialism,' begining with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the nine...
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
Ruth Ben-GhiatWhat modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped).Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putinenabling her to predict with un...
National Populism: The Revolt Against...
Roger EatwellA crucial new guide to one of the most important and most dangerous phenomena of our time: the rise of populism in the WestAcross the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, alienated from mainstream politics, and ...
Psychology of Totalitarianism, The
We bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on d...
#1 New York Times Bestseller Best Books of 2018 --The EconomistA personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, th...
[*Read by the author - Madeleine Albright]From one of the most admired international leaders comes a timely, considered, and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses to inte...
Fascism Today: What It Is and How to ...
Shane BurleyWe can no longer ignore the fact that fascism is on the rise in the United States. What was once a fringe movement has been gaining cultural acceptance and political power for years. Rebranding itself as "alt-right" and ridi...
Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle fo...
William E. ConnollyComing to terms with a new period of uncertainty when it is still replete with possibilities This quick and engaging study clearly lays out the United States’ current democratic crisis. Examining the early stages of the Nazi movemen...
America at War with Itself: Authorita...
Henry A. GirouxFrom poisoned water and police violence in our cities, to gun massacres and hate-mongering on the presidential campaign trail, evidence that America is at war with itself is everywhere around us. The question is not whether or not it'...
Social Justice Goes To Church: The Ne...
Jon HarrisIn order to understand why so many evangelicals recently support left-leaning political causes, it is important to know a little history. In the 1970s, many campus radicals raised in Christian homes brought neo-Marxist ideas from coll...
Account Rendered: A Dossier on my For...
Melita MaschmannAccount Rendered was first published in Germany in 1963 as Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch or Account Rendered: No attempt at justification. Maschmann wrote to Hannah Arendt that her intent in writing this memoir was to help her fo...
Fascism: A Very Short Introduction
Kevin PassmoreWhat is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That calls for a return to ...
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us...
Jason Stanley"A vital read for a nation under Trump."---The Guardian "No single book is as relevant to the present moment."--Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen "One of the defining books of the decade."--Elizabet...
Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Th...
Jeffrey TuckerThe rise of the so-called alt-right is the most unexpected ideological development of our time. Most people of the current generation lack a sense of the historical sweep of the intellectual side of the right-wing collectivist positio...
National Socialism - Its Principles a...
Carlos VidelaSince the postwar period a truthful and transparent approach to National Socialist ideology has always remained elusive. The most common approach is to pass off National Socialism as a movement without ideological substance, which mer...
Clara Zetkin on Fascism: The Marxist ...
Clara ZetkinClara Zetkin, an organizer of the First International Women’s Day, presented this Report and Resolution on fascism at the June 1923 enlarged plenum of the Communist International’s executive committee. At a time when fascism was a...
American Fascism: How the GOP Is Subv...
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