If Fascism Is Not Really On the March, Then Why the Constant ‘Brown Scares’?

Today «Brown Scares» are the order of the day in many countries in Europe and the Americas. Why is this the case in anti-fascist age when fascism is not really on the march? I want to advance the argument that there are few fascists remaining today in Euro-American societies, but that «Brown Scares»...

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Autor: Bar-On, Tamir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/134503
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.6018/reg.576091
http://hdl.handle.net/10201/134503
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fascism
Neo-fascism
Liberal Democracy
Extermism
Brown Scares
Fascismo
Neofascismo
Democracia liberal
Extermismo
CDU::9 - Geografía e historia
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Sumario:Today «Brown Scares» are the order of the day in many countries in Europe and the Americas. Why is this the case in anti-fascist age when fascism is not really on the march? I want to advance the argument that there are few fascists remaining today in Euro-American societies, but that «Brown Scares» have been revived in various decades since the 1950s. These «Brown Scares» are used by the establishment to undermine political opponents and to engage in more authoritarian mechanisms against enemies of the current pro-liberal and pro-capitalist establishment.