作者：JasonStanley
出版社：PiscesBooks
副标题：ThePoliticsofUsandThem
出版年：2018-8-23
页数：208
定价：GBP22.50
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9780525511830
内容简介
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“Reveals how the liberties of the people wither when voters embrace politicians who promote the divisive politics of us versus them.”—David Cay Johnston, author of The Making of Donald Trump and It’s Even Worse Than You Think
“This is an important and essential book.”—Errol Morris, filmmaker and author of The Ashtray
Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history.
As 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.
“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—William Jelani Cobb, author of The Substance of Hope
作者简介
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Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale in 2013, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Stanley is the author of Know How; Languages in Context; Knowledge and Practical Interests, which won the American Philosophical Association book prize; and How Propaganda Works, which won the PROSE Award for Philosophy from the Association of American Publishers. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Review, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among other publications. Stanley lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family.
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篡改历史将其变成宣传工具。以反腐为借口打击政敌，破坏法治。禁制学术和出版自由，军事化中小学教育。单调化整个语言系统，以培养思想单调呆板的新一代。从敌我关系中将一般民族团结在政权之下，而这包围圈会随着管治的失败而不断收窄。鼓励互相揭发告密，层层监视，层层上报，造成人人是人人的敌人的紧张气氛，令人民原子化，无法团结起来对抗极权。以一种集体victimhood受害者情意结来营造一体感。创造出陌生的危险的…
看得津津有味
有点虎头蛇尾
如果作者的口吻不是那么符合my bias of the liberal intelligentsia，我可能会给更高的评分。他提到的很多点比如sexual anxiety、us and them，我大多已经有所了解，所以会因为新信息不多而感到略无聊。
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