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028			_a:Atlantic Publishers & Distributors _b:7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi _c:1100545 _d:27/08/19
082			_a321.94 STA
100			_aStanley, Jason
245			_a How fascism works _b: the politics of us and them _c/Jason Stanley
260			_aNew York _b: Random House, _c©2018
300			_axix, 218 pages _c; 20 cm
365			_b599
505			_a The mythic past -- Propaganda -- Anti-intellectual -- Unreality -- Hierarchy -- Victimhood -- Law and order -- Sexual anxiety -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Arbeit Macht Frei.
520			_aAs the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don't have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism's roots have been present in the United States for more than a century. Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics--the language and beliefs that separate people into an 'us' and a 'them.' He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include exploiting a mythic version of a nation's past; propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves; anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts; law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals; and fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare. These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership. By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics--charged by rhetoric and myth--can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals."--Jacket
650			_a Political Science
650			_aSystems of governments & states
650			_aPolarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects.
650			_aPolitical Science -- Political Ideologies -- Fascism & Totalitarianism.
650			_aFascism
700			_aStanley, Jason
942			_cBOOK