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Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade Kindle Edition

by Paul Gottfried (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

"No doubt Gottfried's book will rank among the most scholarly and convincing responses to the delirium of the present."― Éléments

A conservative take on the antifascist movement 

Antifascism argues that current self-described antifascists are not struggling against a reappearance of interwar fascism, and that the Left that claims to be opposing fascism has little in common with any earlier Left, except for some overlap with critical theorists of the Frankfurt School. Paul Gottfried looks at antifascism from its roots in early twentieth-century Europe to its American manifestation in the present. The pivotal development for defining the present political spectrum, he suggests, has been the replacement of a recognizably Marxist Left by an intersectional one. Political and ideological struggles have been configured around this new Left, which has become a dominant force throughout the Western world.

Gottfried discusses the major changes undergone by antifascist ideology since the 1960s, fascist and antifascist models of the state and assumptions about human nature, nationalism versus globalism, the antifascism of the American conservative establishment, and Antifa in the United States. Also included is an excursus on the theory of knowledge presented by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan.

In Antifascism Gottfried concludes that promoting a fear of fascism today serves the interests of the powerful—in particular, those in positions of political, journalistic, and educational power who want to bully and isolate political opponents. He points out the generous support given to the intersectional Left by multinational capitalists and examines the movement of the white working class in Europe—including former members of Communist parties—toward the populist Right, suggesting this shows a political dynamic that is different from the older dialectic between Marxists and anti-Marxists.

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  3. Publisher
    Northern Illinois University Press
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  5. Publication date
    October 15, 2021
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The reader will learn that the contemporary treatment of fascism [is] very different from how Marxist and liberal critics responded to the ideology and its adherents in the first half of the 20th century. Antifascism is as much a book of history as it is a book of political science.

― American Conservative

As Gottfried notes, numerous Catholics opposed Nazism during the 1930s and 40s, but those who fought real Nazis back when doing so required actual courage were motivated by values radically different from those of today's self-styled antifa crusadersWhat is perhaps most important to note is that, back in the day, the Nazis' Catholic opponents were not driven by hate but by love.

― Crisis Magazine

Antifascism is an important book for understanding that every time our rulers claim to be fighting old fascism, they are really proposing new tyranny.

― The Washington Examiner

Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade is a sequel to Gottfried's Fascism: The Career of a Concept (2016), which was the best book on [the subject] to appear in a decade or more.

― First Things

No doubt Gottfried's book will rank among the most scholarly and convincing responses to the delirium of the present.

― Éléments

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One of the most learned scholars of politics in our time has produced a methodical demolition of the myths propagated about Antifa in the halls of politics, media, and universities. This will make a splendid gift for my faculty colleagues.

-- Alexander Riley, author of Toward a Biosocial Science

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08YXF4V7F
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Northern Illinois University Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 15, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.0 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 209 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501759369
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
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NOT A REVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK The binding was of a low quality. I'm, fairly certain that this is the same binding Amazon uses for self-published books. FYI this does come with a dust jacket and I bought it from a 3rd party seller off of this Amazon page.
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  • Geir Martin Pilskog
    4.0 out of 5 stars Short and concise about antifascism
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2022
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    Useful for everyone interested in recent political debate. Gottfried describes the changeable meaning of antifascism throughout history. In the book he summarises the background of the antifascist movement and its sympathisers in Europe and the USA. Gottfried observes that the embrace of multiculturalism, open borders, and unrestricted immigration from the third world drives down the wages of the working classes. He concludes that the antifascist movement unfairly attaches the crimes of fascism, including the Holocaust, to Western civilization.
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  • Andrew
    2.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality hardback binding.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2022
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    NOT A REVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

    The binding was of a low quality. I'm, fairly certain that this is the same binding Amazon uses for self-published books.

    FYI this does come with a dust jacket and I bought it from a 3rd party seller off of this Amazon page.
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    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Poor quality hardback binding.

    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2022
    NOT A REVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

    The binding was of a low quality. I'm, fairly certain that this is the same binding Amazon uses for self-published books.

    FYI this does come with a dust jacket and I bought it from a 3rd party seller off of this Amazon page.
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
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    This sucks.
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