Backlash

'An urgent book. Its historical materialist approach has produced a depth and grounding too often lacking in contemporary debates about the rise of illiberal politics, and the clear focus on what is to be done is substantive rather than shrill. The collected essays show how the rise of autocracy links to global upward transfers of wealth, in ways that are crucial to our understanding of the world today and what we might do – politically – in response.'

-- Sian Lazar, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge

'Whither humanity? Blending incisive political economy with sensitive ethnography and thoughtful, passionate and personal reflection, this book provides bleak answers from around the world'

-- Chris Hann, Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

'With the far right continuing to consolidate power across the world, Backlash is an essential guide to the different forms authoritarian populism has taken and the different strategies it has employed. The book's cross-cutting analysis and attention to examples in both the Global South and Global North make it required reading not only for scholars but for those on the frontlines of fighting fascism.'

-- John Feffer, author of Right Across the World

'Backlash refuses to dither while fascists burn our planet. A High Noon call to analytical arms for academics and activists; global, local, everywhere.'

-- Patrick Neveling, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Bournemouth Univer