Review Essay: Derailing Fascism

Abstract

If people  are going  to  derail  fascism  over  the  long  haul,  then  societies will  need  to  change  how they cultivate political sensibilities. This essay explains why in a review of two books: Connolly, William E. 2017. Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle for Multifaceted Democracy under Trumpism. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. £6.99, pp. 142, and Gandesha, Samir, ed. 2020. Spectres of Fascism: Historical, Theoretical and International Perspectives. Pluto Press: London. £24.99, pp. 304.