Thomas Zimmer, in Fascism in America? (Part 1), Democracy Americana, May 22, 2024, suggests the essay collection Did It Happen Here? Perspectives of Fascism and America, ed. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins. More resources:
I suggest starting with an episode of the always excellent Know Your Enemy podcast from shortly after January 6 which, to this day, is probably the most precise, most accessible introduction to the fascism debate and the underlying fascism scholarship. John Ganz has written a whole series of thoughtful, nuanced, historically precise reflections on the fascism question for his Unpopular Front newsletter. Both Geoff Eley and Anna Duensing have weighed in with clarifying pieces from a more strictly academic perspective. Finally, from the latest historical scholarship on the American Right that is devoted to exploring the relationship between mainstream conservatism and rightwing extremism, I will mention recent book publications by David Walsh (Taking America Back), John Huntington (Far-Right Vanguard), and Edward Miller (A Conspiratorial Life); the explorations of how rightwing extremism took over the Republican Party in Oregon that Seth Cotlar provides in his Rightlandia newsletter; and, finally, an essay by Rick Perlstein in the New York Times, published shortly after Trump first entered the White House, that in many ways signaled the beginning of a broader reconceptualization of conservatism’s history. All of them represent a growing consensus among scholars that the “fascism” concept can indeed be helpful in making sense of the anti-democratic radicalization that characterizes today’s Right.
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