Global Fascisms – Reader (en)
With contributions Stefan Baghiu, Thomas Biebricher, Cosmin Costinaș, Kwame Dawes, Jakob Grüner, June Jordan, Jeremy Knowles, Canberk Köktürk, Henrieke Kohpeiß, Daniel Loick, Clara E. Mattei, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, M. NourbeSe Philip, Vanessa Rocco, Arundhati Roy, Aaron Skabelund, Quinn Slobodian, Eric Otieno Sumba, Terese Svoboda, Julia Adeney Thomas, Vanessa E. Thompson, Alberto Toscano, Maxi Wallenhorst

Around the world, there is a glaring turn towards a sinister form of politics. One is reluctant to name it for what all its recognizable signs point to, for fear of accepting the reality that fascism is here and it is everywhere. Amid a raging discussion about where authoritarianism ends and fascism begins, the Global Fascisms—Reader critically examines the aesthetic, social, and political dynamics of fascism, questioning its appeal and ideological mechanisms, and looking at how current authoritarian conjunctures are being condoned, contested, and resisted across the globe. The longform essays, poetry, and conversations with experts collected here accompany the eponymous exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), engaging with a quintessentially modern and eerily contemporary political mo(ve)ment.
Table of Contents
8
Fascisms and Their Avatars: Delusions of Grand Narratives
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
16
Global Fascisms
Cosmin Costinaș
42
A Portable Concept of Fascism
Julia Adeney Thomas
56
Escalating Cisness: Fascism and ‘Gender Ideology’
Maxi Wallenhorst
68
Fascism’s Furry Friends
Aaron Skabelund
96
The Truth of Modern Society
Thomas Biebricher, Henrike Kohpeiß, and Clara E. Mattei in Conversation with Eric Otieno Sumba
112
Photofascisms Then / Videofascisms Now
Vanessa Rocco
126
One of Us
Jeremy Knowles
144
The Bastards of Neoliberalism
Quinn Slobodian
158
Lost Futures Reclaimed: Archeofuturism vs. Fully Automated Luxury Technofascism
Stefan Baghiu
174
State of Information War
Terese Svoboda
178
Keep Thy Mind in Hell and Despair Not
Jakob Grüner
188
Poem for My Rights
June Jordan
194
Intimations of an Ending: The Rise of Modi and the Hindu Far Right
Arundhati Roy
212
How to Pick a Hanging Tree
Kwame Dawes
216
Fascist Freedom
Alberto Toscano
238
Why Anti-fascism Must Be Abolitionist
Daniel Loick and Vanessa E. Thompson in Conversation with Eric Otieno Sumba
256
An Unrealistic Proposal
Canberk Köktürk
274
& COUNTING (A war-in-progress)
M. NourbeSe Philip
Information
Published by: Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and Archive Books, Berlin, 2025
Languages: English edition
295 pages, softcover, 60 images
ISBN: 978-3-949973-98-7
Price: 21€
Available: Available soon