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How Authoritarian Leaders Rule and How They Can be Defeated
By Dr. Henry Giroux and the Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest
Free Lecture for Alumni, Faculty, Future Students, Graduate Students, International Students, Postdoctoral Students, Researchers, Staff, Undergraduate Students
Overview
This talk looks at how the “authoritarian playbook” of propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo that has sustained illiberal years for a century. It also addresses how to strike back at authoritarians, drawing on historical cases of their falls from power.
Speakers
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She writes about fascism, authoritarianism, and propaganda. She is the recipient of Guggenheim and other fellowships, an advisor to Protect Democracy, and a historical consultant for film and television. She is an MSNBC opinion columnist and provides commentary on MSNBC, CNN, and other networks. She publishes Lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. Her latest is book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (2020; paperback, 2021).
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Date(s) & Time(s)
Thursday, March 23, 2023
7:00 pm EST
Location
This is an online event.
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