{"product_id":"fascism-9780875804934","title":"Fascism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to label someone a fascist? Today, it is equated with denouncing him or her as a Nazi. But as intellectual historian Paul E. Gottfried writes in this provocative yet even-handed study, the term's meaning has evolved over the years. Gottfried examines the semantic twists and turns the term has endured since the 1930s and traces...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Gottfried's is far and away the best book on fascism I've read in many years.\u003c\/p\u003e * Claremont Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGottfried's study is particular, nuanced, and multifaceted... a model for the type of work that can earn the right a hearing from more attentive audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e * The American Conservative *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful.... Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks warning of 'the new fascism' have become a cottage industry among academics. But at least one author, Dr. Paul E. Gottfried, professor emeritus of humanities at Elizabethtown College and editor of Chronicles magazine, takes a more historically informed view.\u003c\/p\u003e * Quillette *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGottfried's \u003ci\u003eFascism: The Career of a Concept\u003c\/i\u003e is so valuable as a provocation, for it was written to correct the sloppy use of the epithet 'fascist' to condemn whatever politician or movement one finds distasteful.\u003c\/p\u003e * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these studies, Gottfried notes how, partly because of how varied fascist administrations were, the elements which can be described as characteristic of fascism are actually very few.\u003c\/p\u003e * Human Events *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406422319447,"sku":"9780875804934","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875804934.jpg?v=1730495743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fascism-9780875804934","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}