{"product_id":"red-pill-politics-demystifying-todays-far-right-9781620978511","title":"Red Pill Politics: Demystifying Today's Far Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eA smart and accessible dissection of twenty-first-century fascist politics, providing general readers with the tools to understand, and defeat, today's resurgent far right\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the globe, far-right political parties and movements are on the march, winning popular support, legislative seats, and presidencies--and stoking widespread fears of the revival of fascism. What to make of this terrifying drift?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this timely, deeply researched, and deftly argued examination of far-right politics today, the political scientist David Ost shows that to grasp the very real threat of resurgent fascism, we must look beyond the extreme examples of Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy lest we miss the growing strength--and the distinctly populist appeal--of today's far right. Instead, drawing on a wide range of compelling contemporary and historical examples, Ost shows that we must understand the current global movement as part of a new political category, which he calls \"Red Pill Politics\" in reference to the right-wing meme which purports to peel back the facade of liberal hegemony. While Red Pill Politics exhibits many features of classical fascism--racial exclusion, xenophobic fearmongering, enforcement of rigid gender roles--contemporary far-right parties have won power not through violence and mass repression, but through anti-elite, populist rhetoric and elections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor readers of Jason Stanley's \u003cem\u003eHow Fascism Works\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRed Pill Politics\u003c\/em\u003e draws on meticulous historical research and analysis of contemporary far-right politics to help us understand and fight one of today's most pressing political threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Ost\u003c\/strong\u003e is the former Joseph DiGangi Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His books include \u003cem\u003eSolidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWorkers after Workers' States\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Defeat of Solidarity\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424469090578,"sku":"9781620978511","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd891b3b-2fc2-4a87-9b9e-5ce25e8e0fe5.jpg?v=1751379425","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-pill-politics-demystifying-todays-far-right-9781620978511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}