SPEC10002 - How to Cure a Nazi: Inside the Authoritarian Mind

Course Description

This interactive, non-credit course at the Graham School offers adult learners an opportunity to explore the roots and ramifications of Fascism with intellectual historian David Gutherz. Next year will mark the centenary of the inauguration of the Fascist Century. One hundred years since Mussolini's March on Rome, how much have we learned? Are we, now, in a better position to halt authoritarian movements and combat totalitarian brainwashing techniques? This course will provide an introduction to the ongoing effort to understand—and change—Fascist minds.

Readings will include:

Theodor Adorno, et. al. The Authoritarian Personality

Sander L. Gilman and James M. Thomas, Are Racists Crazy? How Prejudice, Racism, and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity

Dagmar Herzog, Sex After Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth Century Europe

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers

Robert O. Paxton, The Anatomy Of Fascism

Notes

Note

Deadline for Online Registration: Thursday, September 23 at 5 pm CT

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