A Brief History of Fascist Lies

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Pub Date 14 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 08 Feb 2021

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"There is no better book on fascism's complex and vexed relationship with truth."––Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
 
In this short companion to his book From Fascism to Populism in Historyworld-renowned historian Federico Finchelstein explains why fascists regarded simple and often hateful lies as truth, and why so many of their followers believed the falsehoods. Throughout the history of the twentieth century, many supporters of fascist ideologies regarded political lies as truth incarnated in their leader. From Hitler to Mussolini, fascist leaders capitalized on lies as the base of their power and popular sovereignty.

This history continues in the present, when lies again seem to increasingly replace empirical truth. Now that actual news is presented as “fake news” and false news becomes government policy, A Brief History of Fascist Lies urges us to remember that the current talk of “post-truth” has a long political and intellectual lineage that we cannot ignore.

"There is no better book on fascism's complex and vexed relationship with truth."––Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
 
In this short companion to his book...


Advance Praise

“There is no better book on fascism’s complex and vexed relationship with truth.”––Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

“Federico Finchelstein delivers a vital compendium on a dark seam running through our modern politics. This is not just a deft intellectual history of fascism, but an urgent reminder of the deep well of hate that lies beneath our era of ‘alternative facts’ and ‘fake news.’”––Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post

“At a time when politicians like Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro claim that information they don’t like is ‘fake news,’ Finchelstein’s history of fascist lying strikes a chord. From Mussolini onward, truth is what the leader needs it to be.”––Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History, New York University

“There is no better book on fascism’s complex and vexed relationship with truth.”––Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

“Federico Finchelstein delivers a vital...


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ISBN 9780520346710
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PAGES 152

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