How to be a Fascist

A Manual

Michela Murgia, Alex Valente

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Pushkin Press
03 March 2020

Fascism & Nazism; Political structures: democracy; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship

Democracy is difficult, flawed and unstable. It involves barely distinguishable political parties engaging in lengthy, overcomplicated and expensive decision-making processes. Engaging so many people with political issues seems to lead only to complexity and disagreement. So why bother? Doesn't fascism guarantee a more effective and efficient management of the state?

In this short, bitingly ironic book, Michela Murgia explores the logic that is attracting increasing numbers of voters to right-wing populism. Ending with a 'fascistometer' to measure the reader's own authoritarian inclinations, How to be a Fascist is a refreshingly direct, polemical book that asks us to confront the fascist in our governments, in our societies and in our own minds.

By: Michela Murgia
Translated by: Alex Valente
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781782276159
ISBN 10: 1782276157
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 03 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michela Murgia is an Italian novelist and politician. She is the winner of the Premio Campiello and the Mondello International Literary Prize.

Reviews for How to be a Fascist: A Manual

Slim and punchy... throw[s] a light on our times and on how many of the political manoeuvres we see today in Western democracies resemble the practices of fascism in the 20th century * Irish Times *