{"product_id":"fascism-by-mark-neocleous","title":"'Fascism' by Mark Neocleous","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRather than treating fascism as an historical aberration safely sealed inside Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany, Mark Neocleous asks what kind of political logic made it possible.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis argument places fascism inside the contradictions of modern capitalism: revolutionary in its appetite for transformation, reactionary in what it seeks to restore, and dependent upon an imagined national past that must be invented before it can be “reborn.” \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeocleous follows fascism through its attacks on liberalism, Marxism and Enlightenment reason, examining mass psychology, myth, nationalism, race, violence and the cult of leadership. Particularly useful is his account of “reactionary modernism”: fascism does not simply reject modernity but embraces technology, mobilisation and perpetual innovation while directing them towards hierarchy, racial fantasy and domination. The future becomes a machine for manufacturing a past that never existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompact but theoretically substantial, this is less a general history than an anatomy of fascist thought. It belongs beside writers such as Zeev Sternhell, George Mosse and Roger Griffin, but its Marxist emphasis on capitalism, class and political reason gives it a sharper material edge. A strong introduction for readers trying to understand fascism as a recurring structure rather than a costume left behind in the 1930s. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Minnesota Press\/Open University Press, 1997 first-edition hardcover. No dust jacket as issued; bumped and rubbed corners, light marking to boards, internally clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45901819117651,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-08-03T191241.827.png?v=1785748385","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/fascism-by-mark-neocleous","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}