Federico Finchelstein
Wannabe Fascists
This talk will explore the past and present of global fascisms and populisms. I will discuss a new political breed, the wannabe fascists. This new kind of populist politician is typically a legally elected leader who, unlike previous populists who were eager to distance themselves from fascism, turns to totalitarian lies, racism, and illegal means to destroy democracy from within.
Federico Finchelstein is University in Exile Research Professor and Professor of History at The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. He has taught at the History Department of Brown University and he received his PhD at Cornell University. Finchelstein is Director of the Janey Program in Latin American Studies at the New School. He is the author of eight books on fascism, populism, the Dirty War in Argentina, the Holocaust, and Jewish history in Latin America and Europe. His books have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Hungarian, Korean and Turkish.