politicalscience

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction | Kevin Passmore

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The author admits in the first chapter that fascism is difficult to define and that different characteristics will be emphasised depending on what definition one chooses. The characteristics he chooses to highlight have some uncomfortable resonances this year (2025) considering this book dates from 2014. ⬇

rwmg He then looks at what might be considered proto-fascist movements before WW1 before moving on to the classic Italian fascism of the interwar years and its similarities and differences with Nazism and authoritarian movements in other parts of Europe. Lastly he considers whether right wing movements after WW2 and into the 21st century really count as fascist and whether it is a meaningful pejorative. 2d

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rwmg

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction | Kevin Passmore

#coffeeandabook

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Texreader

A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It | Stephen Kinzer

I‘ve started this audiobook tonight, my third book for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Brooke_H

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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I've been meaning to read this since 2017, but kept putting it off. I had to wait awhile for my library hold to come in. So many people are reading this right now. 🤔

This is a succinct list of 20 lessons we (should) have learned from the last century on how to turn away from fascism and tyranny. I feel a need to keep running this info through my brain, so I have also placed holds on the audio and the graphic novel versions of this book.

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GingerAntics

The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs | Ed Asner, Ed. Weinberger

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This book was even better the second time around. It‘s a wonderful, funny, entertaining reminder to fight the good fight. I can only imagine what he‘d be saying now if he were still with us in 2025. This book would never be read or taken seriously by a conservative audience, but it absolutely should be. If nothing else, this is a prime example of why conservatives are so afraid of history and historians.

GingerAntics Original Review: This book is funny and entertaining, but also so very important. It addresses some of the hypocrisy of modern conservative thought regarding the constitution along with the actual history on the subject. This book is most assuredly not for a conservative audience. 4d

GingerAntics #EdAsner #TheGrouchyHistorian #ReadByTheAuthor 4d

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The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs | Ed Asner, Ed. Weinberger

I enjoyed this one so much last time, I just need to read it again.
#EdAsner #TheGrouchyHistorian #ReadByTheAuthor

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 4d

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DMC_run8

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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This book is short in stature and length. And now is a good time to read it. I finished it on a 3 hour flight with plenty of time to delve back into my other book.

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