The Fascism This Time

And the Global Future of Democracy

By: Theo Horesh

Narrated by: Julian Pearson

A new wave of fascism has swept the world under the guise of rightwing populism, but the fascism this time is not about taking down elites - and it is just as dangerous as the last. Fascism mobilizes fearful majorities in nihilistic attacks on the vulnerable. Yet, its subtler danger lies in its turn against reality, and since the world cannot be turned off, fascists try to tear it down instead. Fascists seek to escape the burden of freedom, smashing norms and institutions, and retreating into the myth of patriarchy. Yet, in a vast and complex world, their forced regression always ends in destruction.

The Fascism This Time elucidates a psychosocial model of fascism which predicted that Trump’s election would lead to immigrant concentration camps, an assault on democratic institutions, a global increase in authoritarianism, a massive rise in crimes against humanity, and the starvation of Yemen.

It is an original and perceptive account tying the fascism this time to the overwhelming challenges with which the world is now faced. And it is a sweeping defense of democracy, inspiring action and reflection, and sparkling with insights, in the spirit of Hannah Arendt and Alexis de Tocqueville.

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Critic reviews

"Lucidly written and eye-opening, a timely and conscientious ringing of the bells.” (Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, author of Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy)

should have been released decades ago.

Good book and a must read. My only criticism is that America has always had an underlining leaning towards Fascism.

Beyond boundaries

A brilliant work bringing together a global perspective of the power dynamics in motion that that threatens democracy and freedom for all. I’ll read the text now after listening to it. It’s time well doent

Disapointment

After listening to about three quarters of it I simply stopped listening. The title of the book is misleading - the whole book is just another anti-trumpian rant, and not very inventive. There is really a lot of reasons to be worried about Trump and his presidency, however, there are much worse fascist revivals and developments around the world, particularly fascist and murderous regime in Putin's Russia, which is mostly ignored in the book. I regret to say it, but this book is, especially now with genocídal war of Russia against Ukraine going on, and a completely differrent presidency in the USA, a waste of time.