{"product_id":"breve-historia-de-la-mentira-fascista","title":"A Brief History of Fascist Lying","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prominence of lies, both in the fascisms of the past and in the right-wing populisms of the present, analyzed in detail and with historical perspective in times of post-truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen explaining why his predecessor lied so much, US President Joe Biden stated that “Trump lies like Goebbels.” Was the comparison appropriate? \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Brief History of Fascist Lies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e shows that it was, because, in effect, today we are witnessing a remarkable and sustained wave of new right-wing populist leaders around the world who, like the fascist leaders of the past, derive much of their political power from questioning reality, endorsing myths, promoting anger and paranoia, and spreading lies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFederico Finchelstein explains why fascists considered their lies — “simple truths” full of hatred — to be true and why, throughout the 20th century, many followers of their tenets, seeing them embodied in those very leaders, accepted them as truth. If, from Hitler to Mussolini, the leaders of fascism capitalized on falsehood as the basis of their power, that history continues in the present: now true news is presented as \u003ci\u003efake news\u003c\/i\u003e and false news becomes government actions. Post-truth, as demonstrated in this essay, has a long history among politicians and a precise intellectual lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vital compendium on the bleak moment contemporary politics is going through, this is not only a lucid intellectual history of fascism, but an urgent reminder of the powerful source of hatred that underlies our era of reality denial.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics have said...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federico Finchelstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536019685624,"sku":"9788430624638","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/breve-historia-de-la-mentira-fascista-finchelstein-federico-767321.jpg?v=1696462267","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/breve-historia-de-la-mentira-fascista","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}