A review by taicantfly
How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon, Alastair McEwen

informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Really weird. Starts off well and poignantly, characterising fascism fairly explicitly. Continues to a slightly meandering and off-topic discussion of noise and media over-saturation as a form of political control (which has its gems but at one point he complains about people with iPods and having TVs at restaurants - what??), then ends on a discussion of the European cultural identity which felt like it was saying absolutely nothing. This is the first Eco I've read, so I won't judge the guy at pointblank on a 50-page essay, but I can't say I loved it.

Also, what the fuck was that about Romanians?