The Market Lives on Death: The Endocolonizing Logic of the Fascist Moment
The Market Lives on Death: The Endocolonizing Logic of the Fascist Moment
Author(s): Samir GandeshaSubject(s): Logic, Government/Political systems, Present Times (2010 - today), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Endocolonialism; fascism; populism; democracy; crisis; spectacle;
Summary/Abstract: This article poses the question of whether what we are witnessing today can be properly described as “fascistic.” It argues that it can if we understand fascism as an attack on liberal democracy resulting from the now chronic (rather than acute) crisis of capitalism. Like the fascism of the twentieth century, this entails an endocolonizing logic that nonetheless relinquishes its claim on a future increasingly imperilled by the nature of the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of the impending climate emergency.
Journal: Praktyka teoretyczna
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 93-110
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English