Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Person on 4 sites
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and commentator on fascism and authoritarian leaders.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Authoritarianism is a system centred on corruption and plunder, with state capture as the means. (opens korrents.com)
“So I ask us to consider an updated way of thinking about authoritarianism as a political system centered on processes of corruption and plunder. State capture is the means, but plunder is the end.”
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Authoritarianism strips rights from the many and gives the few licence to exploit. (opens korrents.com)
“Authoritarianism also about restricting or eliminating the rights of the many and giving vast new liberties to the very few to plunder and exploit the workforce, the environment, female bodies, natural resources, and…”
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Resisting authoritarianism today means undoing the systems of corruption and exploitation that sustain it. (opens korrents.com)
“The task of 21st century resistance is not only to bring down authoritarian political structures, but also undo systems of corruption and exploitation that sustain those structures and move beyond a worldview that sees…”
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Authoritarianism is a system centred on corruption and plunder, with state capture as the means. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Anatomy of Fascism (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Anatomy of Fascism has great strengths.”
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Fascist Spectacle (opens rcmnd.app)
“Fascist Spectacle is a valuable book from a sociologist who is quite theoretical but also very, very attentive to how policies play out in daily life and to the connection between rhetoric and action.”
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The Origins of Nazi Violence (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Origins of Nazi Violence is a wonderful book that identifies the roots of the Nazi killing machine.”
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The Anatomy of Fascism (opens rcmnd.app)