#umbertoeco — Public Fediverse posts

I’m finishing up Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy. After that, either the last 75 pages of A Theory of Semiotics by #UmbertoEco or a re-read of The World Jones Made by #PhilipKDick.
#books #BookSky

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrznchm2qk25

While some in the #TrumpAdministration (not #ElonMusk, though) tried(!) to wear their #fascism not too blatantly obvious on their sleeves so that people would unanimously agree on it being fascism, https://aliens.gov/ paints a very clear picture:

#UmbertoEco describes several things that you can see on the #AlienFiles site as fascism:

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#uspol #MassDeportations2026 #politics #TrumpAdministration2026 #Project2025 #AlienEnemiesAct #HabeasCorpus #DueProcess #SecondTrumpAdminstration

Vince is back with our #WeeklyPicks! 📚

Featuring ✨

Nash Falls by #DavidBaldacci
The Name of the Rose by #UmbertoEco
First-Time Caller by #BKBorison
The Tower by #FloraCarr
The Apocalypse is a Side Quest by #LiamLawless
We Used to Live Here by #MarcusKliewer
Wayfarer by #PhoebeSmith
A Wizard of Earthsea by #UrsulaKLeGuin

booknotification.com | #bookpicks #bookstodon

Social-Media-Pause, aber mir ist ein Blog-Eintrag aus dem Gemüt gepurzelt.

https://molochronikhome.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/der-name-der-rose-kulturindustriell-kaputtgedungt/

#UmbertoEco #DerNameDerRose

Hier auch nochmal in dieser Sprache: #Faschismus ist kein neues Phänomen.

Der italienische #Autor, #Philosoph & #Antifaschist #UmbertoEco veröffentlichte 1995 seinen Text "Der #Ur-Faschismus"

Eine #Übersezung veröffentlichte damals #dieZeit https://www.zeit.de/1995/28/Urfaschismus

Je mehr wir über die Funktionen von Faschismus wissen, desto besser können wir dagegen vorsorgen und #Widerstand leisten.

Und Widerstand ist notwendig.

#Antifaschismus #Philosophie #Autoritarismus

TBR Pile: 2025 Fiction Preview -

What are the novels I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

https://youtube.com/shorts/u6DexbBW-Mc

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #2025preview #tbr2025 #fiction #umbertoeco #baudolino #milankundera #paulauster #timbuktu #harukimurakami #thesympathizer #vietthanhnguyen #hankang #thevegetarian #howbeautifulwewere #mohsinhamid #simonjimenez #marlonjames #harlanellison #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #dondelillo

#umbertoeco

#5gennaio 1932

#libri #books #literature #history #IlNomeDellaRosa #ilpendolodifoucault #bompiani #culture #biblioteche #thriller #giallo #saggi #linguistica #semiotics

#UmbertoEco hat nicht nur #DerNameDerRose oder #DasFoucaultschePendel geschrieben, sondern auch über den #Faschismus. Und dieser #Artikel fasst die 14 von ihm benannten Merkmale sehr gut zusammen:

https://www.republik.ch/2024/10/08/gerhard-pfister-woran-erkenne-ich-einen-faschisten

#AfD #SVP #FDP #CDSU #Deutschland #Österreich #Schweiz #Russland #Putin #Höcke #Kickl #Islamismus #Muslim­bruderschaft #DasVolk #Misogynie #GekränkteMännlichkeit #Männerfantasien #Theweleit

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]

"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent

wieder anfangen zu träumen: Das Lachen der Rose
Die demokratische Hoffnung in Brasilien, die ein Freund von Lula, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler,  bei einer großen Forumtheater-Präsentation 1995? mit Augusto Boal in der Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit in Pasing vermittelte, ist nach der Phase mit Bolsona
http://eineweltnetz.org/wieder-anfangen-zu-traeumen-das-lachen-der-rose/
#befreiungsbewegung #eineweltnetz #Forumtheater #Freire-Pädagogik #DerNamederRose #kritischeTheorie #Lachen #UmbertoEco