Overview
- Analyzes the relations between the crises in contemporary capitalism and the rise of fascism
- Draws on examples from Portugal's contemporary history
- Crosses research fields such as Critical Theory, Contemporary Continental Thought, Marxian Crisis Theory, Contemporary Modern History, Political Theology, and Foucauldian driven discourse analysis
Part of the book series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies (RADT)
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About this book
In this book, João Nunes de Almeida rethinks the relationship between crisis and fascism in today’s liberal democratic societies. Arguing that fascism has adapted to a post-modern idea of endless crisis, Almeida challenges one of the strongest liberal myths in western politics, namely that fascism and liberal democracy have different roots. Fascism, in Almeida’s view, is at the center of the very production of social relations in western capitalist societies, and is the result of the very desire to be saved from crisis underlying liberal democracy. It draws on stormy examples from Portugal’s contemporary history, with a particular focus on its fascist past and revolution, to explore affinities between crisis and fascism in other spatial and historical contexts. João Nunes de Almeida concludes that refusing to be saved from crisis becomes the refusal of any form of fascism in a more global context.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
João Nunes de Almeida studied at Lisbon University, Nova University of Lisbon and Lancaster University, UK. He was awarded his PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University, where he regularly teaches Criminology in the Law School.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Sacralization of Time
Book Subtitle: Contemporary Affinities between Crisis and Fascism
Authors: João Nunes de Almeida
Series Title: Radical Theologies and Philosophies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46543-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46542-1Published: 09 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46545-2Published: 09 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46543-8Published: 08 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-663X
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6648
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 159
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Liberation Theology, Political Theory, History of Modern Europe