Comprehending Fascism In Our Times

One of three reflections (also see, and) on Alberto Toscano’s Late Fascism, which offers ”the historical and political philosophical means” to understand fascism today, by coming to terms with its long-term presence. “Since available political languages are so saturated by liberal political claims and logics, they often veil and obstruct understanding of the ‘political present.’ They contribute to the misrecognition of ‘fascism’ as spectacular and exceptional, rather than as integral to the modern marriage of liberal democracy with capitalism…this misrecognition is a primary obstacle to effectively understanding, organizing, and struggling against the multiple contradictions of our political present.”