The political economy of neoliberal fascism: designing alternatives to contemporary barbarism

Abstract

This article examines liberal and Marxist analyses of fascism, critically delineates
debates about the “return of fascism,” and considers whether fascism can emerge repeatedly
over time and in different political and geographical contexts. Interdisciplinary
Marxist analyses are generally best placed to interpret the rise of fascism because of their materialist
basis and their interdisciplinary and integrative approach, bringing together concepts
and arguments from economics, politics, sociology, international relations, and geography.
This interdisciplinary and historically well-founded basis allows us to suggest that a
specific form of neoliberal fascism is emerging today, in the context of the systemic crisis of
neoliberalism as a dominant system of accumulation.

JEL Classification: F62; O11; P10.