KV Schmelzer

Matthias
Schmelzer

From accounts of interwar fascism to explanations of the current rise in authoritarian tendencies and fascization, economic contraction and blocked growth are recurring causal factors, suggesting that the far right is ultimately a symptom of denied growth.

KV Wajsbrot

Cécile
Wajsbrot

In his 1929 novella Mario and the Magician, Thomas Mann tells the story of a hypnosis show in an Italian spa town where a German family on vacation experiences rising nationalistic hostility.