Wannabe Fascists A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy
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Biographical note
Federico Finchelstein is a world-renowned expert on fascism, populism, and dictatorship and is Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College in New York City. His previous books include From Fascism to Populism in History and A Brief History of Fascist Lies."An important book about the most significant threat to global democracy."
Kirkus Reviews
"Exploring the histories and ideologies of fascism and populism, The Wannabe Fascists exposes a new political force on the rise that blends the two—a danger to democracy everywhere."
Foreword Reviews
"It is Finchelstein’s parallel definitions—that is, of outlining what makes one a populist, rather than a fascist outright—that sets <i>The Wannabe Fascists </i>apart from the mountains of previous Trump-related analysis. Finchelstein’s efforts at tracing the arcs and outlines of not just fascism but also populism present the book’s most successful intervention."
The Bulwark
"As Finchelstein ably argues, it’s only in properly defining Trump—and properly understanding his historical context, American and otherwise—that we can truly understand the threat he poses and navigate the world he’s ushered in."
The Bulwark
"Finchelstein is a scholar of populism as well as fascism, and he offers useful historical background for understanding the difference between the two. . . . Finchelstein presents four criteria to evaluate where a country sits on the fascist spectrum: political violence, propaganda and misinformation, xenophobia, and dictatorship. It is, to put it mildly, disconcerting to see where the United States now finds itself on that spectrum."
New York Review of Books
“Finchelstein’s book is stimulating and provocative. Its comparative approach draws attention to ‘similar impulse[s]’, ‘echoes’ and common ‘patterns’ of twentieth-century fascism and modern right-wing populists.”
International Affairs