Philosophy of Antifascism

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Devin Zane Shaw teaches philosophy at Douglas College, Canada. He is author of Egalitarian Moments: From Descartes to Rancière (2016) and Freedom and Nature in Schelling's Philosophy of Art (2010). He writes about philosophy, political theory, and social movements and co-edits the 'Living Existentialism' book series.

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Drawing a line of intellectual heritage between French philosophy and antifascist practice, this book provides new, incisive interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialism to make the case for a broader militant movement against fascism.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements

A Philosophy of Antifascism

1. The Three-Way Fight
   1.1. Demarcating Antifascism and Liberalism
   1.2. Demarcating Antifascism and Fascism
   1.3. Settler-State Hegemony: Liberalism and White Settlerism
2. Towards a Philosophy of Antifascism

The Ethics of Ambiguity and the Antinomies of Emancipatory Violence

1. Existentialism is an Antifascism
2. Ambiguity and Solidarity
   2.1. Beauvoir's Cartesian Egalitarianism
   2.2. Beauvoir's Critique of Marxism
3. The Antinomies of Action
   3.1. Discourse and Disagreement
   3.2. The Antinomies of Emancipatory Violence
4. Vengeance, Violence, and the State
   4.1 An Eye For an Eye
   4.2 "I had my own Martyrs"
5. The Three-Way Fight and No-Platforming the Far Right

Politics That Does Not Command

1. Demarcating Egalitarianism
2. Politics Against the Police
3. Disagreement and Command
4. Why Fascism Isn't Politics

Punching Nazis

1. The Reason f