These cornerstones of human character should not scare anyone. They are not the pillars of fascism, but the principles of freedom. HENRY J. WILSON.

JASON STANLEY: The 10 pillars of fascism are, number one, a mythic past, a great mythic past which the leader harkens back. Number two, propaganda.

In his new book “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” Yale professor Jason Stanley outlines the 10 pillars of fascism and warns about the dangers of normalizing fascist politics.

“ I observe all ten pillars in the United States today,” he said. 1. A mythic past. “ Fascism always promises to return us to a mythic past,” Stanley said. For Hitler, that meant returning to the past ...

In the United States, the assault on higher education is part of a broader war waged by authoritarian forces aiming to dismantle the pillars of not only academic freedom, dissent, and human rights ...

That is a major theme of How Fascism Works (Penguin Random House), by Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Stanley identifies 10 "pillars" of fascist politics, ...

His book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, published in 2018, identified and analyzed 10 pillars of fascism. His most recent book is . To continue reading for FREE, please sign in.