From Fascism to Populism

“Today, experts and politicians use fascism to loosely define not only populism, but also authoritarian regimes, international terrorism or repressive attitudes exhibited by states, or even street protests carried out by the opposition. This laxity is historically problematic; such careless uses of the concept of fascism demonize populism but fail to explain the historical reasons that brought it into existence. Putting fascism and populism in one bag often results in the status quo being presented as the only alternative to populist options.”

Populism is currently treated as a concept that unlocks every door. Movements, leaders and policies in completely different countries are labeled populism and populist. Based on these namings, although there is no doubt that populism as a phenomenon has a transnational character, the debates about what it is do not seem to slow down in the short term.

Federico Finchelstein, in his book From Fascism to Populism, recognizes the transnational character of populism and describes it in the interwar period, after the Second World War and in the atmosphere of the Cold War.
It grasps within. Thus, while eliminating the views that equate populism with fascism, it allows us to understand it in a post-fascist context by showing what it has inherited from the legacy of fascism.

This comparative-historical reading serves as an invitation to understand the modern populism that emerged after the war and to remember the importance of the use of concepts.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 320

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition