ANTH 452 - Contemporary Facism

Credits: 4

The course is concerned with fascism in our time, a fascism that has distinctive contemporary features that are not fully or necessarily congruent with its historical manifestations. Specifically, we will examine how and why the most discredited ideas and sensibilities of the modern era-ideas that yielded the indelible horrors of the twentieth century-have become persuasive, compelling even, in the new century. Prerequisite: ANTH 166, ANTH 111, ANTH 364, PLSC 389D or permission of instructor.