Overview
It Did Happen Here demonstrates that fascism, far from being a far away historical anomaly, has actually happened in contemporary society, most notably in America post-2016. Milan Zafirovski classifies and discusses the main elements of fascism to see if these reveal and replicate themselves in America post-2016. He discovers the specific syndromes of fascism in America post-2016 that reveal and replicate universal fascist features. The book goes on to analyze the main social causes of fascism in America post-2016, then identifies primary counterforces to fascism in America and elsewhere. Lastly, It Did Happen Here constructs a composite fascism index and calculates fascism indexes for Western and comparable societies like OECD countries. These indexes provide suggestive evidence that fascism happened in America and other OECD countries, even if not in Western Europe, especially Scandinavia.
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Author: Milan Zafirovski
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Imprint: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 9798888902318
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 28 May 2024
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures Introduction 1 What Happened? Essential Elements of Fascism 1 Extreme Conservatism 1.1 Fascism as Conservative Totalitarianism 1.2 Fascism as the Destination of Conservatism 2 Extreme Anti-liberalism 2.1 Fascism, Conservatism, and Liberalism 2.2 Fascism versus Liberalism 3 Extreme Anti-democracy 4 Extreme Anti-secularism 5 Extreme Irrationalism, Anti-rationalism, and Anti-progressivism 6 Extreme Anti-egalitarianism, Anti-universalism, and Anti-cosmopolitanism 7 Absolute Rule, Unconstrained Power, and All-Encompassing Domination 8 Extreme Repression, Violence, and Terror 9 Extreme Militarism, Offensive War, and Conquest 10 Aggregate of Extreme Authoritarians Agents 2 How Did It Happen? Syndromes of Fascism 1 It Happens Here and Now: Fascism’s Return 2 Syndrome 1: Fascism as Extreme Conservatism and Conservatism as Latent Fascism 3 Syndrome 2: Fascism as Extreme Anti-liberalism 4 Syndrome 3: Fascism as Extreme Anti-democracy 5 Syndrome 4: Fascism as Extreme Anti-secularism 6 Syndrome 5: Fascism as Extreme Irrationalism, Anti-rationalism, and Anti-progressivism 7 Syndrome 6: Fascism as Extreme Anti-egalitarianism, Anti-universalism, and Anti-cosmopolitanism 8 Syndrome 7: Fascism as Absolute Rule, Unconstrained Power, and All-Encompassing Domination 9 Syndrome 8: Fascism as Extreme Repression, Violence, and Terror 10 Syndrome 9: Fascism as Extreme Militarism, War, and Conquest 11 Syndrome 10: Fascism as an Aggregate of Extreme Authoritarian Agents 3 Why Did it Happen? Social Causes of Fascism 1 Societal Causation of Fascism 2 Conservatism as the Cause of Fascism 3 Capitalism as the Cause of Fascism 4 Religion as the Cause of Fascism 5 Theocracy as the Cause of Fascism 4 What Does Oppose It? Countervailing Social Forces to Fascism 1 Counter-Fascist Social Forces 2 Liberalism versus Fascism 3 Democracy versus Fascism 4 Secularism versus Fascism 5 Rationalism and Progressivism versus Fascism 6 Egalitarianism, Universalism, and Cosmopolitanism versus Fascism 7 Pacifism versus Fascism 8 Liberal Actors versus Fascism in America 5 Index of Fascism 1 A Composite Index of Fascism 2 Indicators and Proxies of Fascism or Right-Wing Authoritarianism 2.1 Political Indicators and Proxies 2.2 Cultural Indicators and Proxies 2.3 Economic Indicators and Proxies 2.4 Civil-Society Indicators and Proxies 2.5 Summary 2.5.1 Political Indicators 2.5.2 Cultural Indicators 2.5.3 Economic Indicators 2.5.4 Civil-Society Indicators 3 Indexes of Fascism or Right-Wing Authoritarianism for oecd Countries 4 Appendix Conclusion References Index
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Milan Zafirovski is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. He has published journal articles and monographs, including Identifying a Free Society and Capitalist Dictatorship: A Study of Its Social Systems, Dimensions, Forms and Indicators.
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