Fascism & the Digital
  • Intro
    • 1. The Cult of the Leader
    • 2. Propaganda and the Manufacture of Reality
    • 3. Surveillance and the Terrorized Population
    • 4. The Construction of the Enemy
    • 5. The Myth of National Rebirth
    • 6. Anti-Intellectualism and the Attack on Expertise
    • 7. Populist Hierarchy
    • 8. The Subordination of Law to Political Will
    • 9. The Atomized Mass
  • Conclusion
  • References
Bibliography

References

Scholarly sources cited throughout this analysis

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