EBook For Did It Happen Here 1st Edition By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

EBook For Did It Happen Here 1st Edition By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

This book helps people think carefully about politics.

After Donald Trump became president, many people started asking a big question: Are we in danger of fascism? Some people think today’s politics are similar to what happened in Europe before World War II. But others believe this comparison might not be right because the world is much more complicated today.

Did It Happen Here? includes writings from some very smart people in politics and history. It starts with ideas from well-known thinkers like Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, and Leon Trotsky. It also shares newer ideas from writers like Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who talks about how the word “fascism” is used too much, and Jason Stanley and Sarah Churchwell, who look at it from the point of view of Black people fighting for freedom. Some people in the book believe fascism is growing in America, but others don’t agree. For example, Samuel Moyn says comparing the past to today doesn’t always work. Some thinkers like Priya Satia and Pankaj Mishra believe we should look at the issue from a bigger, global perspective.