02211cam a2200325 i 4500 1131038710 TxAuBib 20240125120000.0 200313|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525511854 paperback 0525511857 paperback (OCoLC)1144112665 TxAuBib rda TxAuBib rda Stanley, Jason,. How fascism works [(PB)] : the politics of us and them / Jason Stanley. 2020 Random House trade paperback edition. New York : Random House Trade Paperback, 2020. ©0. xxxiii, 218 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "With a new preface"--Front cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index. The mythic past -- Propaganda -- Anti-intellectual -- Unreality -- Hierarchy -- Victimhood -- Law and order -- Sexual anxiety -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Arbeit Macht Frei. "As a scholor of philosophy and propaganda and the child of refugees of World War II Europe, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding that democratic societies, including the United States, can be vulnerable to fascism. In 'How Fascism Works', he focuses on fascist politics--the language and beliefs that separate people into an 'us' and a 'them.' Stanley 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, making clear the immense dangers of what he identifies as the ten pillars of fascist politics. By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics--rhetoric and myth--can become policy and reality all too quickly. Only by recognizing them, he argues, can we begin to resist their most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals."--Back cover. 20211126. Fascism. Polarization (Social sciences) Political aspects.