(New) Fascism Contagion, Community, Myth |
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| Author:
| Lawtoo, Nidesh |
| Series title: | Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61186-329-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | Michigan State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Fascism tends to be relegated to a dark chapter of European history, but what if new forms of fascism are currently returning to the forefront of the contemporary political scene? In this book, Nidesh Lawtoo furthers his previous diagnostic of crowd behavior to account for the growing shadow cast by authoritarian leaders who have taken possession of the digital age. In the process, Lawtoo joins forces with various mimetic theorists to show that (new) fascism reloads the old...
More DescriptionFascism tends to be relegated to a dark chapter of European history, but what if new forms of fascism are currently returning to the forefront of the contemporary political scene? In this book, Nidesh Lawtoo furthers his previous diagnostic of crowd behavior to account for the growing shadow cast by authoritarian leaders who have taken possession of the digital age. In the process, Lawtoo joins forces with various mimetic theorists to show that (new) fascism reloads the old problematics of mimetic contagion, community, and myth via new media that have the disquieting power to turn politics itself into a fiction.