1st Edition

Fascism in the Middle East Nationalism, Islamism, and Imagining Other Futures

By Saladdin Bahozde Copyright 2025
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

Following decades of brutal campaigns against left forces, fascism in its nationalist and religious forms has been dominating Turkish, Iranian, and Arab politics for over half a century. At first, with key enemies vanquished, military generals assumed power and established some of the most terroristic totalitarian regimes in the 20th Century. It only followed that Islamist organizations then... Read more

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Acknowledgement

1. Abyss or Eclipse of Leftism

2. Islamism and the Geopolitical and Ideological Situation

3. The Fascist Aspects of Exclusionism in the Middle East

4. Imagining Alternatives: Inclusivity, Plurality, and Egalitarianism

5. Conclusion

References

Biography

Saladdin Bahozde’s other books include The Death of Home (2024), Critical Theory from the Margins (2023), Revolutionary Hope After Nihilism (2022), and Totalitarian Space and the Destruction of Aura (2019).