TY - BOOK A1 - Delogu, C. Jon T1 - Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom: Readings to Repair Democracy, Pöunctumbooks 2022, 472 pp. N2 - In a comparative study of texts selected for their insights and occasional blind spots regarding fascist experiments of the past 100 years, Delogu examines fascism’s exploitation of fear (of change, loss, and death), disruption, and extreme inequality. The book offers an accessible and persuasive argument linking fascist authoritarianism, also called “right-wing populism,” to certain underlying conditions, such as a rise in us-versus-them thinking; distrust or simple apathy regarding democratic institutions, norms, and results; the vulnerabilities that result from extreme inequality (economic, social, racial); and addictions and codependency. Stressful events, such as a pandemic, an environmental disaster, or deep recession aggravate these harmful factors and make the fascist temptation, including the use of violence, almost irresistible. Delogu’s distinctive examination of texts that plumb the unconscious reveal linkages between actions and unavowable motives that purely historical and theoretical studies of fascism leave out. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Keir, Jonathan T1 - The House That Fromm Built, (Karl Schlecht Foundation) 2020, 200 pp. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Ziotti Narita, Jeremiah A1 - Morelock, Felipe T1 - The Society of the Selfie. Social Media and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy, London (University of Westminster Press) 2022, 191 pp. Y1 - 2022 ER -