Fascism on Trial

Education and the Possibility of Democracy

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ID23515664
AuthorsHenry A Giroux, Anthony R Dimaggio (0000-0002-0366-4019)
Year2024
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFascism on Trial (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing plc (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5040/9781350421721
OpenAlexW4389554791
ISBN9781350421721
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This book interrogates rising fascism in America. It spotlights the major facets of fascism that increasingly characterize contemporary U.S. politics, in relation to political authoritarianism, the rise of anti-intellectualism, the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories, the glorification of political street violence and state violence, rising white supremacy, and the militarization of U.S. political discourse. Alongside this, Giroux and DiMaggio show how the assault on critical education and pedagogy is central to the fascist program. They stress the importance of reprioritizing education as a public good to combating fascist politics and ideology and draw links between fascism and the banning of books in schools, whitewashing history, and punishing policies aimed at Black, Brown, and transgender youth. They challenge the commonly embraced notion that Trumpism is primarily a function of economic insecurity within his support base, documenting how support for the former president primarily centered on reactionary socio-cultural values and white supremacy. They also show how white supremacist values are central to the Trump base defending the January 6th insurrection, despite academics, journalists, and political officials in both major parties ignoring the threat of rising white nationalism.

Authoritarianism · Criminology · Democracy · Ideology · Militarization · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Sociology · White (mutation) · White supremacy · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law

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