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A Brief History of Fascist Lies

By Federico Finchelstein

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520975835
DOI
10.1525/9780520975835
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3075608 bytes)
Pages
152\150
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 15:06:55

Description

In this short companion to his book From Fascism to Populism in History, world-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.

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