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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
I almost finished this book. I found it too dense and detailed and also rather disturbing. Of course it was disturbing since he wrote about Fascism and Nazism. I got the book to get an understanding of this political space called Fascism. At the beginning I was getting some of that then it gravitated into a historical study of the times and the horrors of the times was not in this book. I think that is what most disturbed me. Really the book lost its focus..
Judy
Judy
informative
slow-paced
There were times were too much was said and also not enough. There were some good points, but it was buried in complex sentences. I was also hoping there would be more information on Latin America- it was barely touched on.
Top notch stuff if you want some basic political thought about one of the scariest political ideologies out there. This book cleared up a lot of misinfo I had about fascism.
Maybe I had the wrong expectations for this book; I was looking for an overview of fascism in order to better understand current world events. While the book is short, as promised, it's more dry and academic than I had hoped for; it's a condensed overview, but not really written in an approachable way. Passmore is a historian, so perhaps it's not overly surprising that most of the book is preoccupied with historical fascism, especially in Italy and Nazi Germany. There is some discussion of the modern far right, but overall, just not quite what I was looking for in terms of explaining the post-Trump era. Madeleine Albright's Fascism: A Warning might be a better choice.
Definitely one of the better "very short introductions"
I strongly suggest anyone doing a research paper on fascism, to have a quick read on this book.
What I liked best about this book is how it can show the relationship of fascism with class, gender, and other states around the world.
It is brief and concise and approaches the subject with a concrete objective (and definition) in mind.
Worth a read.
What I liked best about this book is how it can show the relationship of fascism with class, gender, and other states around the world.
It is brief and concise and approaches the subject with a concrete objective (and definition) in mind.
Worth a read.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Short but comprehensive book on Fascism, its precursors, dominant ideologies, and contemporary political forms. Having separate chapters dealing specifically with elements such as class and gender was really helpful.
However, I would not recommend this as entirely an introduction - specific political and economic concepts are often used with no elaboration. Moreover, a general understanding of the history of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century is required in order to not get confused about the parallel historical processes discussed in the book.
However, I would not recommend this as entirely an introduction - specific political and economic concepts are often used with no elaboration. Moreover, a general understanding of the history of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century is required in order to not get confused about the parallel historical processes discussed in the book.
This guy realllyyy likes to see his words on the page. So much so that he blathers on needlessly. And constantly. This book was a waste of my time.