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How to Be a Fascist: A Manual by Michela Murgia

veevit's review against another edition

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5.0

Perfeito para entender as bases do fascismo, de forma lúdica através de um "manual" e nos questionarmos: "o quanto de fascismo há naqueles que se dizem antifascistas?"

beatrice_giglio's review against another edition

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5.0

Da leggere!
Libro breve ma super intenso, ricco di spunti per approfondimenti e sinceramente mindblowing.
Sì, tutti siamo convinti di sapere cos’è il fascismo oggi e come riconoscerlo, ma è davvero così?
Io un esamino di coscienza me lo sono fatto ed era anche necessario. Complimenti all’autrice!!

jkiebo's review against another edition

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4.0

A quick and concise read, but a great primer for getting into the mind of a fascist and what it is about fascism that appeals to so many. Brilliant satire and sarcasm!

agneix's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced
 bom, alguém tinha que desenhar. e acho que pra além do óbvio (e isso a murgia confirma no último capítulo), o interessante do livro é fazer ver o que há de fascista até em nós que nos dizemos antifascistas. é aquela coisa, precisamos sempre ter atenção ao policial que existe na nossa cabeça. 

dioneira's review against another edition

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5.0

Was soll ich sagen. Es ist großartig.
Am Anfang dachte ich dazu nur, dass Michela Murgia unglaublich präzise ihre Beobachtungen von Faschisten und ihren Methoden als "humorvolle" Anleitung konstruiert, wie man auch einer werden kann. Nach und nach wird es dann aber eben genau deswegen etwas beängstigend, da wir innerhalb dieser gezielten Strategie, die sie beschreibt, leider schon ziemlich weit fortgeschritten sind.
Aber es hilft natürlich nicht, ein Schreckensszenario aufzubauen, dem wir selbst gegenüberstehen. Aus 65 ausgewählten faschistischen Ansichten können wir uns am Ende selbst in dieses Spektrum einordnen, um trotz der immer häufigeren Themensetzung von Rechts, gedanklich nicht zu weit mitzurutschen.

ifyouknoe's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.0

latterature's review against another edition

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3.0

Interesting--and, at times, chilling--to read about the principles of fascists from the (imagined) perspective of one. While some elements provided in Murgia's fascist playbook ring true and universal, others seem dependent on social context; for example, does Murgia's assertion that fascists appeal not to women but as mothers apply to the National Front in France, a party that has taken to presenting itself as a protector of female independence against foreign misogynist religions? Similarly, does her argument that fascists will engage in performative economic-populism hold true for the United States Republican Party, whose politicians fight tooth-and-nail against any material improvements for the working class, or to their most recent Presidential candidate, who, rather than downplaying his ostentatious wealth, made it central to his public persona? In regards to these two aspects, Murgia's fascism is one rooted in the social conventions and economic attitudes of the early-twentieth century from whence it sprang. These are outliers, however, in an otherwise sound analysis.

aliferr's review against another edition

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5.0

Letto a fine 2022; rivedo, purtroppo, molte azioni del nuovo governo eletto. Profetico in quanto scritto nel 2018, ma allo stesso tempo non così tanto: tutti i capitoli analizzano strategie fasciste usate anche prima dell'inizio della dittatura di Mussolini.
La dialettica della Murgia è sempre on point.

nickjagged's review against another edition

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1.0

Not wrong, but poorly constructed. The "fake pamphlet" style doesn't really work for what Murgia is trying to do; the parodic tone it tries to capture would be far more suited in a novel about unremarkable people careening into fascism, smiling all the way down. Outside of fiction, it's far harder to justify the omission of ideological analysis,

sirlancelot2021's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

4.0