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The Macho State: Fascism as Gender Politics

Professor Robin Dembroff (Yale) will present Philosophy's Race, Gender, and Justice lecture

5/12/2025
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences

Monday, May 12
3:30pm
41 Haldeman
Free & Open

Robin Dembroff, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Title: "The Macho State: Fascism as Gender Politics"

Description: "Fascism is a political project that centers a cult of a leader who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by liberals, socialists, feminists, ethnic, religious and sexual minorities, and immigrants. How does gender fit into this project? In this talk, I argue that gender is not simply one component of fascism; it is the core of fascism. The concept of Man -- the triune identity of the Adult Human Male -- is the fundamental glue that holds fascist politics together."
 

As part of its commitment to social justice, the Philosophy Department developed a 5-year series of public lectures on Race, Gender and Justice, beginning in 2021. Funded by the Mark J. Byrne 1985 Fund in Philosophy, which is an endowment established in 1996 to help support the study of philosophy at Dartmouth College.

 

For more information, contact:
Prof Susan Brison
philosophy@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://philosophy.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=77326

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