How to Spot a Fascist

ISBN-13: 9781787302662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 64 str.

Umberto Eco

Opis

But who are 'they'?HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own personal experiences growing up in the shadow of Mussolini.

Recenzje

He brilliantly exposes all that is absurd and paradoxical in contemporary behaviour. Eco's irony is disarming, his cleverness dazzling Guardian

O autorze

Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays. Richard Dixon lives and works in Italy. His translations include Umberto Eco's The Prague Cemetery and Inventing the Enemy, and Roberto Calasso's Ardor and The Art of the Publisher. He was one of the translators of Giacomo Leopardi's Zibaldone.