Today’s Anti Fascist Book Club with Nick Paro, Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Tara Devlin, and Kristofer Goldsmith explored how strongmen use virility myths and fabricated national origins to legitimize and consolidate rule. Drawing from Chapters 6-8 of Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s authoritative study, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, our discussion examined how authoritarian leaders (and movements) use false, staged masculinity; sexual dominance; and ‘rebirth’ narratives to mask weakness, justify repression, and bind personal power to national identity.
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~ Nick Paro | Kristofer Goldsmith | Stephanie Wilson | Tara Devlin ~