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I look at J.L. Austin and an introduction to Speech Act Theory - a linguistic phenomenology that argues that when we use language we don’t just describe the world but are also doing something in describing the world. I use Austin’s idea of performatives and performativity to look at the idea of Fascism, a notoriously difficult concept to define. What’s going on when we use the phrase? Looking at a few definitions, including a famous one in UR-Fascism by Umberto Eco and Roger Griffin’s ‘Palingenetic ultranationalism’, I try to find out.
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Sources:
Quentin Skinner, Visions of Politics
Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism
Roger, Eatwell, Towards a New Model of Generic Fascism DOI: 10.1177/0951692892004002003 Journal of Theoretical Politics 1992 4: 161
J.L. Austin, IEP, www.iep.utm.ed...
J.L. Austin, How to do Things with Words.
Eliah Bures, ‘Don’t Call Trump a Fascist’, FP, foreignpolicy....