How Fascism Works Book by Jason Stanley

"How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them" is a 2018 nonfiction book written by Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley. The book provides an analytical framework for understanding how authoritarian leaders use specific rhetorical strategies and cultural divisions to dismantle democratic institutions from within. Drawing from history, philosophy, and sociology, Stanley argues that a country does not need to be fully totalitarian to suffer from the damaging effects of fascist politics.